At UT, I wouldn't be more than second string for a long time. What did she mean about me not going into the nightclub business? Was that some sort of ...ode for not working for Certain People who knew people - like those two goons from Houston? I didn't want anything to do with that or them or whatever."Why so quiet, Ry?" I was just thinkin', that's all." Ut.Oh Scooby, I can smell something burning." It was a standing joke between us. I didn't need to think, I just need to fuck her and play. She made sure they understood that they would all be expected in my bed. When Antia nodded her agreement, I groaned mentally. While they were indoors, Lucius’s female slaves only wore a loincloth and it was much smaller than mine was. So many gorgeous, nearly nude women made the blood rush south from my brain, tenting my loincloth.When I finally spoke with the gladiators, all six were eager to join my guards as freemen rather than continuing to fight as slave gladiators, even though Lucius had. The garage was on Beach Road in the flight path of the Whangārei airport down at Onerahi the seaside suburb of Whangārei. Air traffic being what it was ... the house and garage was less than ideal. The house was slated for demolishing when an International Conglomerate bought it. Investment it was said. The Flintkotes are ‘caretakers’.Surprise was said to be a recent war widow ... Vietnam. In this, the year of our Lord, 1972, nobody asked. Tyche was too young for school and the widow was making. I told every one I had a headachebut I knew Steve didn't believe me.On the Wednesday, after we had put the children to bed and I was slumpedon the settee desultorily flicking through a woman's magazine but notreally taking any interest in it, Steve came and sat beside me snugglingup to me."What's the matter Jenn?"I didn't say anything but felt tears pricking the back of my eyeballs. "You don't have a headache do you?"I shook my head. "Was it so upsetting for you to see me dressed as a woman?".