"James gritted his teeth. He was imagining what it was going to be like assigned to domestic duties for some government official or shifting garbage f...om one of the vast administrative offices that New Order seemed to have spawned on the edge of every city. And then there were the supervisors. Hard bitten, ex-military types mainly. Vicious, petty, sexually voracious. At least those were the rumours. On the other hand, what choice did he have, really? "Sorry. Yes, I'd like to apply. Can you put. He gave her hand one more squeeze before letting her go.Bill couldn't bear to watch the interaction and decided to go into the air-conditioned house to cool down. It was all in Claire's hands now. Depending on what Claire told Karen would determine if this was all a quick fancy or maybe the start of something special.Bill mingled and talked to people in the house for fifteen long minutes and picked at some of the appetizers laid out on the kitchen island. He snuck a glance through the window. Mene kaha yar aab tum mera mazak uda rahi ho, to vo kehne lagi bus itni si baat se esa ho gaya, mere bf ka to kafi der bad hota tha, to mene kaha tumne to jindagi ke maje le liye me hi bekar hu. Vo sun kar hasne lagi, fir hum resturent me chale gaye. Vaha hum khana khane lage, jub vo khan eke liye jhukti thi to uske chuchiyo ki gehrai saf dikhne lagti thi. Mera to dyan vahi atak gaya tha, usne mujhe dekhte hue dekh liya or kehne lagi pankaj kya dekh rahe ho, mere muh se bhi nikal gaya yar tum. There was a heavy collar of some sort around her neck. The fact that she was naked and had bruises and other marks on her body was partly concealed by the sheet that covered part of her. She had the end of the sheet in one hand."Mother!!" both girls screamed in unison and dropped to their knees to help their mother. The scream woke the man on the bed, who looked around as if unsure where he was, and things were apparently still rather blurry from the booze he had consumed before passing out on.