They swam toward Tess until the water become to shallow, then they started to wade ashore. The dog barked and Tess sat up. She had not a worried look ...n her face, more quizzical. Dave wanted to show her that he and Drew had talked and that everything was going to be good. He reached down and took Drew's hand in his.There was no reluctance from Drew. Tess's face beamed. "See how happy we can make her." Dave half whispered to Drew. "Your back, and I see things are going to be OK," she said with a. Despitethat she is in great shape and surprisingly strong, I'm nearly certainshe could handle your husband physically," Linda described the sissysitter she had in mind."As far as Monroe tolerating her goes you can claim it's just to ensurehe doesn't do such stupid stunts like he just pulled anymore. I'llinform Miss Thompson about the situation and I trust that she knowswhat she's doing. I trust she'll be able to keep herself in thebackground and slowly insert herself more and more as Monroe's. The Vorge had tried tointercept us, the Captain had employed evasive maneuvers. Just as he startedthe jump, we had entered an unmarked debris field. Something had penetratedEngineering, damaging the engine controls. Most of the crew had died whenthe Wayward Son hit max thrust at Jump speed. The engines had continued toburn until the fuel safety cut out was tripped.The major damages had occurred when the ship jumped through the Vorge HeavyBattle Coarser 'Desperation' destroying that ship. I was. When we were not helping Mistress on business we were trying to gain weight. We ate and ate and ate. We put on a few pounds but it was difficult keeping it on all the time. It felt like we would never be pretty like any of our sisters. Before I go on any further I should tell you about everyone. Mistress Elizabeth has seven handmaidens not including Erin and myself. Mistress Elizabeth had many people sworn to her (like the two girls who picked us up in that bar in the dream we had) but she only.