I like to be busy; work is my therapy and activity my anti-depressant. There is a side of my nature that is melancholic, dark and introverted. Anythin... that keeps the darkness at bay has to be a good thing. I don't want my children to see their mother as a sad listless creature, crying herself to sleep because she is middle aged and nobody loves her.WeaselThe first thing I did after speaking to Lizzie was to act immediately. I don't mess about and it was obvious that the flats were at risk and. . Miss Van der Veldt, how nice to see youagain." Mia, I didn't know that you two were old friends." Mm, yes...at least we met last weekend." New friends, perhaps," smiled Donnersmark ,"and tonight I was going toreturn the compliment wasn't I?"I'm dying to know what compliment that could be," laughed Anna."Schubert for Schubert," explained Mia."Yes, I was going to sing, but my partner has failed me."Anna didn't pause for thought, "But darlings, why doesn't Mia playinstead. Uncle said she's super. In that state, she would seduce Stu without hesitation or regrets, and would remember it afterwards only as a vivid dream."What do we do now?" Stu asked. "Is it working?" Relax," I said. "It's going fine." I pumped a little calmness into him, and he visibly settled down. "Sit on the sofa," I told him. "Mom will join you there. Melissa and I will sit on the love seat."Mom returned soon. She sat next to Stu, just as I had said. She'd changed clothes, putting on a loose skirt an a light silk. She'd been augmented in line with the Governor's preferences for everyone arriving on Demeter but the way she was dressed proved she was not one of the volunteers.Her single item of clothing was the uniform grey colour worn by all of the concubines but that was about all it had in common with the normal smock they had to endure. The short pleated skirt was similar in length and flounciness to that in many men's fantasies when worn by a schoolgirl. This then had a simple bib attached to the.