I think he really liked the time alone, which is why I had told everyone to not try to join him. As usual though, I had someone assigned to keep an ey... on him. Today it was Alice. She liked being outside and it was a nice day. She didn't try to follow him, she just picked a spot with a good view and watched him. She'd text me when he left before she went back to whatever else she had planned for the day.Like Master, I was very curious if either of the women would show up today. He hadn't told. As we were finishing our desserts, King Marcus said, “Jar, would you and Jam join me for a few moments to talk privately?”“Of course, Sire. We are always glad to talk with you.”After dinner, we all dispersed to various areas. The King waved us into a room in his personal section of the palace. We were all seated.“I just wanted to confirm to you that it will be my pleasure to walk you down the aisle, Jar. I am touched that you would ask me to do that. I’m sure in your home area, there are many. "Stanley knocked on the door. "Enter." she said, loving the way the word felt in her mouth. Not "Come in", but "Enter". A command, not an entreat. Stanley pushed open the door backwards. He was carrying a tray, which, given her present state of mind "I know you said you didn't want to eat, but I brought you some juice, and a pot chocolate. I thought it might help your back to ache less." Her heart welled up. It was as if he'd read her mind. She opened her mouth to thank him, to praise him for. Tonight he would tell Susan about his trip to D.C. Cheri would be coming along. There was a legitimate reason for his being in the Capitol. He had a consulting contract with a D.C. based company.He’d programmed Cheri to report some progress and he’d set up a dummy program that looked just like Master PC. At the appropriate moment, he was going to give her access to his laptop and she was going to “find” the fake program and use it. That would send a virus back to the FMCA’s computer system.