Scented candles, soap bubbles, an audiobook playing on her tablet computer...She was jolted back to reality by movement in the mud in front of her, or...was it shallow water? It was impossible to tell, the ground was just a mass of brown sludge. Something long and sinuous passed through the group, its surface shiny and slimy as it disappeared below the surface again.“Uh ... Dubois? What was that?”He had heard the splash of water as the thing had vanished, and was now aiming his hand cannon at the. It was on the second of Victor’s monthly meetings with George since giving Susan the job that they discussed her performance as concierge. George noted that Victor’s profits had dropped somewhat, but that the building was so well run that owners paid their service charges on time, and nearly all of the tenants kept rents up to date, all of which saved money. Victor did not care about the drop in profits – he had all the money he’d ever need, and he was making more all the time from other. After that I had a soothing lotion rubbed into my skin followed by a fullbody massage.Although it was all new to me I even found the rest of the treatment to beenjoyable. It was nice being pampered. I underwent the full treatment.Face peel, thinned eyebrows, fake lashes, etc. My lips were outlined inruby red and my new long lashes covered in mascara. Extensions were addedto my hair and the hair dyed into a platinum blond. Thinking everythingwas done I was surprised to have two piercings made. We're going to know an awful lot about each other..." Which brings us to the reason we wanted to have this meeting with you two," Jeff interjected. Leaning forward a little and catching Kei's eye, "You had questions while you were designing the school. Some we answered, but some that were very innocent questions, we avoided." When Edi tried to inject a comment, Jeff just shook his head. "I suspect I know what you're going to say, Edi. And the answer is, yes we do have to tell you some things,.