"Something's different about you. What is it?" What do you mean?" I responded, trying to sound innocent."Well you...feel different. Hug me again."I di... so and she only looked even more suspicious. Giggling with thewine, I undid the top two buttons of my blouse, all I could do as I waswearing my pinafore dress, and hoped it would be enough."Perhaps this is what you mean," and leant forward.Peering into the top of my blouse, I hoped Fran?oise would see enough toconvince her."Have you had. "Rick laughed bitterly. "I've been told that's what daughters are for." Yeah, mine had me working for her from the time she was born and paying for her ever since." Buller laughed. "Well, I've got some bad news for her. She's already spent her inheritance and then some."Quickly, Rick changed the subject. "So, what are you planning on getting Laura, anyway? It'd have to be good. What are you s'posed to give for the fifteenth anniversary?" "I am fucked if I know, Twitch. She's lucky I remember. It was dark and it was only my second night sleeping in the lodge. I was on my pallet trying to sleep when I realized a couple of the girls had company and were having sex. I turned my back to the sounds and tried to ignore them.That and the fact that the girls thought nothing of getting naked when washing after a day of working in the fields or the craft shops weaving and throwing pottery. They seemed to be naked more often than dressed in the lodge. I found it odd because men often came in to. Emily continued, “We’ve known each other for a few years now. We work together on the fifth floor of the glass building in downtown. Remember when the company moved to the new office, you told me you loved the view of-”Hannah cut her off and said, “Stop. You must have gotten the information somehow. Maybe from the real Emily, or from my brain or something.” Hannah touched her temples with her hands, as if to check that they were still present.Emily opened her hands wide and said, “How about the.