All of my matches are still together, though." You know as well as I do..." Tiberius begins."That that's not our department," I finish. "Yes, I know. ...upids on one end, lawyers on the other."He bursts out laughing."That's a very cynical view, Julius." It's not my view," I point out. "I'm the guy with the perfect record."He smiles."I'll tell you what," Tiberius says. "It's December twenty-fourth. You have less than two months. If you at least make your quotas between now and then, I'll see what. Thumbing a separate com she’d hidden in the seat, she nearly shouted, “Thomas!”Less than a minute later the voice of Thomas came through the speakers. “What’s crawled in you underwear?”“Don’t push me Thomas I will...” Esmeralda started.“You’ll do what? I am the one with the firepower, I am the one that carried out all the plans. I was the one that managed to get all six races united to destroy the earth. Without me you’d have nothing, so I don’t want to hear your blustering. So, what the hell. " Oh!" She thought this over a moment. "She's very sweet." She's nice," I agreed. "But you're more my type." I didn't admit I'd felt Stephanie's breast."I feel bad for her," Beth went on. "People make fun of her just because she's kinda plump." Yeah." It didn't seem right to admit that I liked Beth's petite frame better than Stephanie's plumpness. And then, Beth was smarter than Stephanie, too. I could really talk with her. "She'll find the right guy," I assured her confidently."I hope so."We. " Smarts, doesn't it. You have a three choices. I can finish you off ... I can turn my information over to my superiors ... or you can accompany me to the armory and fill my shopping list."She passed him a rather comprehensive single sheet. The list was formed with words and letters cut from the Sunday edition of the 2010 New York Times ... something no one would have access to ... for a few years.He filled her list. She actually paid him ... with gold.Her new watch mostly worked like the old.