I've been telling people to take a stand against this kind of thing, but I've been sitting by doing nothing, allowing people to take advantage of you ...nd Dad. They're taking advantage of me too." Grace stood up from the dining room table. The look she gave me was venomous. I could see the color on her cheeks and neck. I stood up myself, saying exactly what I was thinking, "You better think before you say anything to me, Grace. I'm not in any mood to get into an argument about what you think. Sie hetzte die Rolltreppe hinab, immer zwei Stufen auf einmal, überschlug sich beinahe, und als die Ubahn einfuhr, schleuderte sie ihren Körper um die Ecke und katapultierte sich durch die Türe. Einige Fahrgäste schauten sie amüsiert an, doch sie war einfach nur froh, es geschafft zu haben. "Gott sei Dank", murmelte sie, und schwang sich auf einen Viererplatz. Ihr gegenüber saß ein nett dreinschauender älterer Herr. "Na, noch geschafft? Wo müssen Sie denn so dringend hin, wenn ich fragen darf?". She was a relatively new member of Talpha Apps' executive board and Alex was taken as much unawares as everyone else by her rapid rise in status in the organisation. Within a few months of not having achieved much of demonstrable value she now boasted a salary that wasn't far short of Alex's and had gained the respect of the rest of the board; although this was more for her decisiveness and energy than her professional expertise. She'd recognised that Alex as a potential kindred spirit and. I had gotten Claudia just as I, and she, wanted. I had also paid six-thousand less than what I had offered Charles’ son for her directly, which was a bonus. After the auction house fees he would have to pay, and some local taxes, I figured he would end up pocketing just over twenty-seven thousand. He clearly didn’t know the pleasure-slave market as well as I and to his detriment.Of course, I would have the cost of re-registration of Claudia as my pleasure-slave with the local council. Also, the.