” She beamed. “But only one drink. I need to come back and get some more work done.”“Okay,” she said, sounding more excited than the situati...n called for, “I’ll see you there.”By the time that I got to the bar, everyone looked to be on at least their second drink. I was looking for a place to sit when Kelly waved me over. She was at a table for two. There was an empty beer glass in front of her, and she was about to finish number two. “I was afraid that you weren’t going to come,” she said, as. ‘No,’ Carla replied. ‘He’s gone out to the coast for a seminar. Didn’t you know?’ ‘I guess I forgot,’ Bert replied sheepishly. ‘I think I remember his saying something about it. I’m sorry I woke you up.’ ‘That’s OK,’ Carla said. ‘I should have been up long ago. Want some coffee?’ ‘Sounds good,’ Bert said. He found himself not wanting to leave. Carla started for the counter to put the coffee on and Bert walked into the house and sat down at the kitchen table. ‘What’s Laura up to today?’ Carla. ‘How is your family?’ ‘My daughter will soon be of claiming age, and my son you see grows tall and eager to leave the hamlet.’ ‘Well, may you all sleep in health and prosperity this evening,’ Sebastian stated as he shook the man’s hand and placed a silver coin in it. ‘This is too much,’ the stable owner protested. Sebastian grinned. ‘What I do not use, consider as down payment for future boarding.’ He turned before the stable owner could protest, and made his way across the empty lanes of the. It downed him good and thorough.She ran on and found a stairwell. After following it two floors down she saw an open door leading into service corridors.There she hid to catch her breath and think.Meanwhile the four dazed women huddled together in a front office next to the elevator hall. They made happy noises. All the time they touched each other and commented with high, excited voices.The black, big-ballooned bimbo had pushed a button on her desk. Then she teetered over to the women,.