”New Year’s Eve was like many of the Saturday night gatherings for the Circle, except it was on a weekday. There were several rounds of partner sw...tching that the group enjoyed. Near midnight, everyone stood around, mostly nude, and watched New York City celebrate on the large TV screen in the media room, and then most people paired up and went to bed.Dave held Alice, Pam, Heather, and Julie to him as they celebrated with kisses, and then a further round of love making in their immense bed.. “Does that mean John is Jackie’s father?”“No.” My sister grinned mischievously. “But the next baby I have will be.” There were gasps and giggles from the women. All I did was shake my head in disbelief. Women are crazy and Kristina is the textbook definition of crazy women.Kristina was noticeably fatigued and so Cynthia, Elizabeth and Carol decided to leave after a lot of hugging and kissing. We were finally alone.I said, “I’m not sure it was very smart telling the girls that you wanted to have. Cotton, maize and wheat are now exported to Europe. The man might be a monster but he has brought stability and prosperity to Egypt, or as much as can be considered in this part of the world.”“A monster, Captain?”Pendragharz spat over the lee side of the vessel. “Aye, a monster, like all Ottoman Turks, although he is an Albanian, which makes him even more of a monster. He was sent to Egypt to deal with Napoleon but hung back and allowed the Mamluks, and then the British, to do his work for him.. This Saturday night I was helping with the room service. People would call in and place an order and we would get it ready and deliver to the room and get a pretty hefty tip. It was easy and fun for me and a lot of the time I would get to see some naked ladies. This order came in late for some chocolate covered strawberries and champagne to go up to one of the big suites. I got the stuff ready and headed up. They had said to let myself in and not to disturb them. I opened the door and headed.