Before she could despair overmuch about what the network may or may nothave been plotting, she found something which had definitely not beenthere when...she passed this area of the park earlier. Sitting down at anintersection of three paths was a plain-looking man wearing a suit withcharcoal stripes. He sat patiently before a table with two chairs, andas Ryo cautiously approached the table she saw that upon it lay a chessset.Was this a blessing, or was it a curse? For Ryo was lucky that she. I didn’t want to bother you about it because of everything else going on. You aren’t mad, are you?”“Not at all. As the executive secretary, such things should fall under your purview.”“There you go with your strange vocabulary again.”“Next time you decide to take more responsibility, let me know. I will likely say yes, but there is a chance I will say no or that it will be a one-time thing. Our sales team has many different responsibilities; they will need more people, so keep looking. Just. And I know about how you've played withyourself so much. It's just normal. I was hoping that you were thinking ofme sometimes when you did it." I know I was blushing furiously. "Gee, Mom, I didn't think you knew! Youshould have smacked my face!" "Oh, no, I was much too flattered. I wanted to kiss your face. I like tohave your admiring eyes on my body." "And Mom, when I was 'playing with myself,' it was almost always you Iwas thinking of." Mom laughed softly, "Hallelujah! My dear little boy. On the fourth night the pinto walked right up to me. I slipped a loop around her neck and soothe her until the loop was tight..I began to move to random horses till I had loops on nine more. I let them drink as I moved through them. When the horses began to move away from the water. I led my ten between the rocks and waited.Once the herd was out of sight I moved across the creek. I mounted the pinto and laying low on its back I led the captured horses in a random path back to my camp. I looked.