. and anticipation. Or was it trepidation?Beth's little car was not outside the house when he got home. He parked his van in the garage, locked up and...entered the house through a connecting door from the garage. Leaving his dirty safety boots by the door, he stripped off his overall and dumped it straight in the washing machine, heading straight for the bathroom, where he stripped off t-shirt, boxers and socks without looking round and set the shower running."Ahem. Might I serve you, Master?"He. Her shock spoke volumes. Rachel’s was clipped on the meeting place that served as a sort of panty or private covering whatever it was called. Gusset? ... Her vibrator end was tucked in eliciting a shriek when I turned the settings to low.From the box of Fun Stuff, I handed each a feather duster. “Top to bottom after breakfast, I want the library spotless.” Smacking each on their butts for good measure. Cat walked into the house in a daze while Rachel ran mincingly escaping my line of. I headed to the store for some interviews and setup some training for the remaining week. The mailman comes in needed a signature for the certified letter from the hospital. I opened the letter to read the paperwork that also had a check for 150K to close out any lawsuit for the doctor surgery error. I told Jackie I need to go see a friend as I departed to visit my buddy’s father store. I told him what I am looking for and when I need it by. He told me to comeback tomorrow and we can talk about. This is one time that the 'third time' was NOT the charm. I'm glad you're back Colonel. Give me a Lance to run, even a Company to run and leave me alone. Don't give me all this administrative garbage to handle. It can drive a sane man crazy."A week later Jones took off in our Buccaneer along with a Lance of Mechs. He was headed for Taurus and a private audience with Thomas Calderon, the Protector of the Taurian Concordat. He was going to explain what had been discovered, the potential time bomb.