. yes," I said."Shit," he said softly."You've really wanted to have sex with me while we did this ... haven't you?" I asked. That was one of the thing... that was now clear to me.He just nodded. "I'm not proud of it," he said. "But I won't lie to you." I thought you were just trying to scare me," I said."I was trying to warn you," he said. "And then I decided you were teasing me, and trying to seduce me, and I thought I'd teach you a lesson or something. I don't know what I thought. This is all. So yeah she packs a mean punch."I am so sorry. I didn't realize you were there to help my little Cheshire cat. I can't apologize enough," said Mrs. Kent, repeatedly."Cheshire cat," I asked."Mom's nickname for me. She says I smiled so much when I was little. That and she was obsessed with the character. That and she insisted on giving birth at home while running the Johnny Depp movie, and the cat was on screen while I was born," said Val."Don't be silly Valerie, and no lying either. It's no. As we crowded into the bottom floor of our barracks we all found someplace to rest our bones. I opened up the discussion that we had wanted to have since we arrived in Greatfoot almost two hours before. ‘My friends, we have an unforeseen problem on our hands.’ I said as I looked at the faces of everyone there, and everyone nodded their agreement. ‘The Captain is here and is in charge. We can’t quite charge her with treason when she has done nothing wrong yet. Her presence here disturbs me. ”And I got up with the bottle and went over to top her up. As I did so, I put my hand on her bare knee and gave it a friendly squeeze, in a comforting sort of way. Yeah, Annie, you’re fooling no-one.She smiled at me. As if by accident (whoops!), my hand slid higher up her thigh, and I gave it a little rub.“You’ll get over it,” I said. “Plenty more where he came from.”“I’m fed up with men,” she moped. “You’ve got the right idea, Annie.”“Oh, I like men,” I said, “I just like women too.”Oh dear,.