Unlike the others, I wore no jewels, only my slave collar adorned my neck, I didn't have an expensive hair do and I put on very little make up. Perhap... it was because of this that I outshone the others and was often asked to dance. It only served to reinforce the low opinion Mrs. Burke and some of the others had of me but I thoroughly enjoyed myself and went to bed tired by happy.Next day for the ladies an all day trip to John O'Groats, on the north-east corner of Scotland, had been arranged.. It was bit odd.Tessa got me a drink and I sat in the familiar surroundings, on the sofa. Tessa sat next to me as usual, but I had a bad feeling, suddenly. She’d wound herself up to say something.“I’ve become quite fond of Ron,” She told me, a bit formally. “He’s a very caring person, and we get along well. I’ve been seeing more of him just recently, as you can imagine with being left on my own more. I wanted you to meet him.“Now I don’t want you to say anything, just yet. I want you to think. Just say something like Randolph's or Glowaki or even Lansing Muni, when you have the exact location and time entered, wind the watch ... No! wait ... Shit, too late. Welcome to 1902 ... depress the stem, quick ... before somebody sees us."Eventually, they got it right and went to Mount Pleasant ... with consequences:The P-38 that never was and the Sukhoi 45 were missing when the glider pilots came to fly the following morning. Remember Hans? The German Federal cop? Since he knew the parties. .. mostly I just didn't want to see you cry. Please forgive me, but I couldn't think of anything I could say to you that wouldn't have sounded like goodbye, and I don't ever want to say goodbye to you."She sighed, took my hand, and stepped down into the tub with us, then turned and hugged me."That was pretty good," she said. "I'm still mad at you, but that was pretty good. You're okay? It sounded like Jamie said you got your ass kicked." We did," I said. "If it hadn't been for Jamie we'd.