"Take her out, and teach her she is only a concubine," he said to the Chief Eunuch, who had arrived to see what the problem was, "But do not demote he.... She stays number two."The Chief Eunuch hustled her out and when they were safely out of earshot he said, "What are we to do with you? He wants you but you screw it up like this. Of the less than a dozen sessions he has had with women, four have been with you and you are the only one he has had twice. You were his first choice and he has. She went to her 'Favorites' and selected Fictionmania. From there she clicked on 'New Today'. Sure enough, there it was, story 2000! Julie was surprised that it didn't list an author, and as a title, all it said was 'Number 2000'. There wasn't a synopsis either. That didn't seem right, but maybe Mindy was trying to do something different to celebrate this milestone.Shrugging, Julie clicked on 'Number 2000'. After a moment of loading, the screen went white. There was nothing there. She waited a. The door shut as my mom left, and my wife came back to check on me. She still looked like death warmed over, and I felt like she looked. Man, if I could move around better, I would probably choke her out right now.She must have seen the scowl on my face as she set her purse down on the dresser. She sat on the edge of the bed, but didn't say anything immediately. She looked up at me, and I asked her, "What? What do you want?" I knew I was being a dick, but there wasn't a lot of compassion in me. “So, you ran away and didn't know where you were going? You need to have a plan before you run away like that. Where were you even planning to stay?” “I just left I didn't even think. I've been walking for hours I don't even know where I am and I'm hungry and thirsty.” I extended my arm to the backseat to find an unopened bottle water. I find and hand it to her. “Thank you, sir.” She hurriedly opened it and drank the entire thing. “Feeling a little better?” I said. “Oh yes. Thank you sir.”.