”Kate nodded and looked down and dabbed at her eyes and blew her nose.“Thank you.” She said softly. When she looked up the man was gone. She loo...ed around the corner and out into the parking lot but he was nowhere in sight. She even went to the window and looked into the busy restaurant. There was no sign of the tall thin stranger. Where had he gone? Had she imagined him? No she still had his handkerchief balled tightly in her hand.The first hints of winter sunrise behind the clouds followed. Everyone agreed that if and when we closed down, I maintained ownership of the land. The vote on that was a unanimous agreement.Then we had to place a figure on the start up research. I was to be paid my out of pocket cost directly. Then my time would go into the general pool at ten dollars an hour. It came to just shy of five hundred dollar which was a really discounted figure.We used the ten dollars an hour as an hourly wage for production work. Digging, planting the field, administrative. It took a moment for Nicola to recognise it. It was their remote control vibe, the one Ray could operate from his phone. No, surely he would not do this, not make her come in front of the group.She knew from past experience that with the vibe, he could play her like a musician could play his instrument, it was impossible to resist. The vibe was slid into her, and she felt the light buzzing as it was turned on at low speed. Even so, she could not help squirming helplessly as her body reacted. He. "Well, here we are. I hope you like your birthday present," he said to his girlfriend, Sharon. They had been dating for about a year now and she was sitting in the passenger seat."Yes, of course! What woman doesn't want a new hairstyle?" she asked.He looked at her conservative brown business suit and long brown hair and said, "That's right. I thought you'd like it." Alright. I'll see you in about an hour?" Yeah. That's what the lady said when I asked how long it would take. I'm headed to the.