He assumed an exception had been made for him.With his longish hair he looked very much like a woman in hisapron. When supper was ready he asked Cathy...to undo his apron butshe told him he was to help serve. He was shocked when she told himthe help ate after the guests were done. Reluctantly, he helped serve the guests and Sandy. When they weredone eating he was extremely hungry. He ate a good meal and feltrefreshed. Then Kris helped him with the dishes. When the disheswere done Kris took him. Then she snipped a bit off the piercing stick, fitted the bar to the end and pulled it through and that made they eyes water too. Next was the bit at the end which was screwed on and that did not hurt at all.The human brain is an amazing piece of kit because when she went to do the right nipple she again smiled and 'HOLY DOUBLE FUCKING OUCH!!!' the piercing stick went through. I thought to myself that the first one didn't hurt like that, but it did; the brain just did not want to remember. She resigned herself to removing the charm for him, and she'd just have to pick up the pieces."Madeleine, just lay off, please. Just trust me, this will be very hard on Penn, and on you too. Don't be unkind, he deserves better."Madeleine withdrew, but Dee could see that she was angry, and perhaps a little scared. Why on earth did Jane matter? Madeleine had been Penn's first, and only, girlfriend. It was sad that this girl Jane had been taken, but hadn't they all lost friends?Dee embraced Penn,. "I should remember him then, but I'm afraid I don't," I replied."Last summer on the cruise. Hagar was part of the Swamp's security detail," Andrew said."I'm sorry about what happened," I said. I couldn't decide what to say. He must have had a friend or two who died that day."Actually I headed that detail. I was with the old man that day. I lost a lot of friends and almost my total security detail. Andrew's people all came home," he said. "All except you." I just missed the boat. I did get.