She felt more exposed and vulnerable than she had anticipated, which made her shudder. She felt Mark pat her bottom. “Are you ready, Christine?” S...e gulped and said tentatively, “Yes.” A moment later, he brought his hand back and quickly down hard on her left ass-cheek. The loud splat sound filled the room and Christine threw her head back, and involuntary, “Aaah” was forced out of her. Mark paused for a moment and watched as his handprint outlined in pink appeared on her skin. It was her first. "My mother died when I was born. My father was climbing the ladder of criminal enterprise and never had time for me. That was partly because my grandfather claimed me as his mistress, as soon as I came of age, which for him meant when I began to bleed."He died from an overdose of bullets."Desi looked at me with such an expression of conviction, and said, "You were very good to me a little while ago. I feel like it is dishonest for you not to know these things about me, before you get too far in. The stags (apart from Rob) cheered their approval, and shouted for more."That's something to press pause on later," John laughed."What, you're recording this?" Rob asked, shocked that this all appeared to be preplanned."Of course!" his best man responded with a grin. Rob gulped, hoping that was the end of Debbi's strip show, but knowing Karen, he suspected it wasn't."You can't tease Rob like that, Debbi," Karen chided her. "Girls - help her put on more of a show!"The pair needed no more. .. what should I call you?”“Why don’t you come up with something?” She answered.Luc thought a moment.“I like ‘The Cultured Woman’ for your name.”“Merci.” She replied, her voice starting to fade. “I like it, too. Tres X-Files.”Luc nodded to the hedge and continued his journey up the steps. He walked in the door, whistling the X-Files theme.At a table at an outdoor café near the San Finzione Marketplace, there sat a Yia-Yia. As there had for as long as anyone could remember. The owner was the.