Private Burlington, I need to borrow the services of your straw boss. This man's mother, I believe?" She pointed at Stan.Private Burlington nodded."Th...nks. Both of you two boys, and Stan's mother, will report to Lieutenant Carruthers tomorrow morning at oh-nine-hundred at Camp Shackleton's Headquarters building. One of his staff is building a Webb-type space telescope, and you two boys will work on it, under your mother's supervision. You'll set up a program of star field photography, as. Rico's legs were out of the counter, with Jackson between them. Rico was still looking down. Jackson started shaking Rico, begging him to say something, and after he stopped shaking the boy, he saw a tear on his face. Then, suddenly, Rico looked up:"Cuz I love you, Jackson!" shouted Rico as he started crying heavily, and still lokking down. Jackson was shocked at what the little boy had just said and let go of him and walked a few steps away from him to think about Rico's feelings, and what. I had her buy all the baking items: such as baking soda, baking powder, and spices of every imaginable sort.While the meals had been good at Marald's keep, they had been a bit bland. I was going to 'spice things up', so to speak. I had her go back and buy flour in bulk 50-pound bags. Not just regular flour either.I wanted finely ground flour, and coarse flour, too. She bought syrup by the case. All in all, we had around two thousand dollars worth of spices and other supplies to transport to the. "Sweet Master, please tell your Mistress how sorry I am for betraying her. Please make her see that it was weakness, not evil planning. It was wrong and thoughtless and hurtful and stupid, but please, I beg you, Master, ask her to take you and punish me with you until I lose consciousness. Let her make your cruel leather break my skin and my will and teach me obedience. Please let her use you to purge my body and my treacherous mind. Please, Master? Please..."Angique looked down on the.