” The thorn.“Ah, ehm… oh.” Gabe stuttered, “You see. It’s my job after all and ehm… forget it. It was my pleasure.”The bottle of scot...h thudded on Vernon’s desk. He looked up and saw Gabriel attached to it, not very much willing to let go. “I found that thorn.” he said solemnly, “But it does not prick, it seems.”Vernon couldn’t help but laugh. With some effort he took the bottle and said: “A fine choice of words, friend.” “It’s a damn crying shame that a fine woman like that would be off. Every week I would mail out a handful of resumes in the hopes of finding something better than what I had. I got quite a few responses, but almost all were from 'start ups' that wanted some one with my expertise and experience who would work cheap "And grow with the company" — work for near nothing now and make big bucks when "We hit it big." That isn't what I was looking for so I turned them all down and kept looking.One day about three months after Kirsten went to work I got a response to one. Brent Imean myself but it was gone I wasn't Brent anymore I was Ashton. He wasright I could only see myself as her not as Brent. I was a girl I wasJessica's little sister. Oh god I looked at him and I saw red I freakedout I attacked him god I am so small now he pushed me over so fast. "OhAsh I had hoped you would take this a bit better so now I am going to sayone more spell and this will make things a bit easier for you" god I wassuch a little girl I was trembling in fear of what kind of hell. Men. And I also decided two would be better than one. Greedy I know but so satisfying.Goldie and Rocket took no time at all to settle in. My parents had already helped me buy a house with a big backyard. I told them the dogs were for protection and dad thought it was great idea for a single girl living alone. If he only knew. The guy who sold them to me said those two word, lick and fuck, were how they were trained. He even offered to come and make sure they settled. I think he just wanted to.