This empress had shattered 'his' life. He feltlike a man still but this body was completely wrong. The empress haddestroyed his marriage to the woman ...e loved most. He had lost his entirefuture he had been planning for. To top it off, he had just suffered aviolation worse than anything he could have ever imagined. There wasnothing he could do about it either. It was all done by a imperial decreeof the Empress and his grand Admiral. He was Jason, betrayed by theEmpire he served so much.He stayed. But I thought it was a sweet thing to say, and the way he said it was nice too — not lecherous or anything, just dead sweet. That's when I started feeling all sad for him because he is a gentleman and he often made me laugh when he was teaching me, and he was always interested in my day, and was patient when I messed up my three-point turns."In a long, compelling look, she sends Joe her love, and they kiss long and deep. Reassured, she continues her confession:"And then it got me thinking about. 'She works here, I've seen her around'. 'I think she needs help Walt' he said gravely tossing the vibe on the table. The three men looked wide eyed and began to understand what Mike had in mind. Leroy and Ken were both in their early twenties and had not been working for the Company very long but were typical of the rough, poorly educated youth that tended to end up in the security industry these days. Walt was older, in his forties and nominally the senior security guard although he nearly. The key, figuratively and literally, was in her collar or rather carefully sewed inside the leather. I had noticed upon close detailed examination that the top stitching of her leather collar was slightly different and a bit newer than the bottom stitching. When unraveled, a small safety deposit box key with 'CB" was found carefully concealed inside. Checking a listing of local banks, I found that Coastal Bank fit the initials, and that is where Tammy and I now headed.Inside of the safety.