" I snorted. "Yeah, the Privateers are the epitome of professionalism."They all got a chuckle out of that."So, now that you know this," Anna continued... "do you have an idea of why we're telling you?"I looked her in the eye. This was totally new ground for me. I had never been in this kind of situation and I didn't know how to react. "I'm getting an idea but spell it out for me anyway."Anna had that intense look in her eyes, the same one when she'd asked me if I didn't want to be friends with. "We're glad to have you. Besides, I think I have someone here you'd like to meet." Thank you."Marcus stepped in and followed Jack into the apartment."Annie, you have a visitor," Jack said.She discreetly covered her sucking child as she looked up with a smile. When she saw who followed Jack, her eyes went huge and her smile faded away."Marcus?"Josh's father stepped around Jack."Hi, Analise. How are you?"Analise was speechless. She blinked twice before glancing quickly down at the bundle in her. Until Magona had appeared at her doorstep, she had hoped that this would have passed her by. But now she was walking naked into the center of her husband’s fields.She stood for a moment smiling, looking at the soft, smooth ground which Karl had so carefully prepared for her. She did not smile as she looked at the thick wooden stakes which Karl had driven into the ground. Those also were part of the preparations. A rope was tied to each of the stakes. The ropes were soft, not like the heavy. "Will this do?" "Admirable" said Mark, they went to the Counter, the assistant asked if they rode a lot. "No, said Jenny, the whip is for my bottom whenever he feels like dealing with me!" The young female assistant blushed and said " Oh ! I've gone all funny hearing that, good job it's my lunch hour now I can get over it!" Jenny said " We are off to meet Cheryl and Wendy, round the corner you can come with us if you like" "OK" the girl said " My name is Celia, I would love to come!" She said.