”I walked over to Celeste and kissed her on her cheek.“Thank you.”“Turn around.” Celeste said.I did so and I felt my hair being moved. Then ... was naked again. Celeste had undone the bow of the halter and the whole dress had slid down to the floor.“Perfect.” I said as I stepped out of the circle of material.As Celeste put the dress in a box she told me that she had some ideas for the skirts and tops that she’d show me on the Monday. When I agreed she told me that she’d give me the details of the. So, I turn away, suddenly overwhelmed and trying to hold back tears and walk towards the bed to take a seat. You stand there a moment, still looking out the window. I start to fumble my fingers, curling my hands into squirming balls, then releasing them. You sit on the bed next to me, and put your arm around my shoulder while your other hand reaches for my chin to turn my face towards you. I look into your eyes and a tear falls. ‘What’s the matter? What has you so down?’ You ask, your face so. As she walked off, Max read the "$10" tattoo above her ass with an arrow pointing down to it. He saw the dumb tramp flop down into the booth and the dark shadow of her legs popped up on top of them. She'd followed Amber's instructions to the letter.Momentarily forgetting his contempt for his wife, Max chuckled and said, "I bet she's so stupid she tries to pay herself after masturbating." The icy stare Amber gave him in response reminded him of his newfound hatred of her. He averted his eyes. She hinted that the concubines did not actually belong to the Tribune, but were loaned out to help teach classes and calm distraught concubines.The bigger story about that though came from Erica. While she was riding back to Wadi, one of the crew of the corvette she was on talked about a "Tradition". It's funny, but the way Erica said it you could hear the formal capitalization of the first letter. The story places the source of this Tradition as Ishtar. It's not too complex, but the Captain of.