Vedeya was cornering the date and sesame market, getting all the supplies she could before the vendors realized there was a market force to drive the ...rice up. She also purchased all the honey she could find. She had Tuk for her face, and the guards as her porters, and soon they were wheeling the carriage full of her supplies to a bakery she had rented. There were six bakeries in town, so the owner was easily persuaded to take a three week vacation for remuneration.Following general recipes. I wasn't sure where to begin. I pulled out a blue teddy with a thong back and wondered how it would look on me. I quickly slipped it on and looked at my image in the mirror.I had always enjoyed looking at Victoria Secrets catalogs when I was a man. The woman standing before me in the mirror could have easily graced its pages. I was pleased with my appearance in the silky feminine clothing and like a child on Christmas day; I quickly pulled off the teddy and began to try on a number of different. She smiled, leaned into him and gave his lips the curtest of kisses, and said; "Jack, please take care of yourself when you're away. I will miss you more now." She walked away, but turned and looked back at him from over her shoulder; in that parting moment he thought he saw a new cruelty alive in her eyes. He had not moved an inch.He did not see her again after the reception, she and the rest of the family had travelled home that night. He had pre-booked himself a room in the hotel, he'd. Those of us on Director Curley’s staff thought we’d gone far enough and suggested a break. The customer insisted on one more test.”Amanda’s furious scribbling gave Jason a reason to stop talking. He pushed his chair back and stepped across to the window. Across Second Avenue, traffic flowed through the neighborhood of South Oakland. When the scratching stopped, he turned and shrugged. “What could we do? The customer’s always right, right?”Amanda shook her head and readied her pen.Jason stood.