My birthday passed without any ceremony. The funeral came and went. Iwas still in shock and I had not cried, God knows why, I had goodreason to.A coup...e of days after my mum's funeral, David called me into hisstudy.'Sit down, Tony. We need to talk.'I sat down and waited for David to speak. I somehow knew that I was notgoing to like what he was to say.'We've never really got on, have we?''No, I suppose not.''I am sorry about that, but it can't be helped. I am selling this placeand moving abroad.. You’re moving around in the seat beside me uncomfortably and I yell at you to knock it off. I don’t need you attracting the cops, not with all the stuff we have in the car. Jail isn’t the desired outcome from this weekend. I know you’ll settle in for the ride soon enough. I’m really just hoping that you fall back to sleep quickly so I can think. I want your weekend to be exactly what you asked for and I need more time to think out the details. A hundred miles an hour and my brain this going. Adjusting the tension of the straps, mmm tighter, making sure the silky strip lays neatly over the clasp. Now for the shoes, her new Red ones, the Patent Leather Red High Heels, the ones she has been searching for so long, the ones with the one inch wide ankle strap, not with just a plain buckle though, no, these has Padlock Buckles! Before she adorns them she brings them up to her face holding them against her cheek, then she opens her lipsticked mouth and runs her long wet tongue along the. “I have nothing to report. I am sorry that I have failed you Empress, I will...”Shelby cut Celeste off by raising her hand, “I am not surprised Celeste. These men are experts at hiding as they have been doing it for quite some time. I suggest that you work with Admiral Hartwell here though I am only allowing him access to the sensors. Nothing else Admiral I’d hate for Derrick to find you in a holding cell when he returned.”Hartwell’s eyes lit up, “Yes Empress thank you! At least now I won’t die.