In typical fashion she ploughed on without waiting for comment - "it's so difficult to find a 'good' gardener these days!"I grunted something to the e...fect that it was difficult, especially with the cost of pay that was required.She looked at me closely: "What do you charge?" she asked."Five dollars an hour" I responded, off the top of my head - I didn't know the going rate!"That's very reasonable," she said, "Do you have a card so that I might call you if I need some help?"Now at this point my. ” “Money problems.” “You English are lazy, back in Tirana, I pay barman less than half. He work twice as hard, and smiled all the time. I pay you more, yet you have face like mother-in-law’s backside.” “Deena lost her job.” Mickael snorted a laugh and waved his finger in my face. “You very clever man, Toby. Trying to make me feel sorry for you. You think me a fool, huh? I asked you take my car to be cleaned, not to be scraped. You will pay for the damage, one way, or the other. Even if it’s. .yeah. When..do I start?" I asked feeling my face heat up. I pretended to be interested in my nails, but his hand suddenly caught my chin. "I prefer people to look at me while they are speaking to me." His face got closer, and before I could say anything his lips met mine. They were warm, and soft and I felt my lips melt against his. His arms wrapped around my waist as he picked me up and sat me down on his desk. My legs were on either sides of him, and I could feel a bulge pressing up. The science department was inundated; every principle we had ever taught required re-examination based upon data that had been withheld on Earth for fear that the Sa'arm might discover some nugget of knowledge during the invasion that tilted the advantage their way. Was Newton right? Well, yeah, sort of -- as was Einstein -- again, sort of. The Confederacy was a lot further along toward a Unified Field Theory -- actually, they probably had one and were still withholding it. In the meantime,.