Next week, I go back there to sign the contracts." What sort of project?" I'm an architect. I used to do mostly commercial work, but in the last few y...ars, I've been specializing in recreational spaces. My last big job was an indoor-outdoor sauna and spa in the Black Forest. I do a lot of renovations and private installations, too. This latest contract means maybe three big spas in southern Germany." Not bad. Means you get to go to Geneva and Paris, and all that." Sandy leered down at her.Helen. She was drawn to Vlad and the darkness in his mind even as he lay imprisoned, eventually convincing her foster brother Matthias to free him and offer her as a gift for Vlad to wed.“Feed, my darling!” she cried out softly, offering her neck and throat.It was a fetish they had. She would often permit him to feed from an impaled victim. Then, when he was covered in the victim’s blood, they would make rough and passionate love in front of the staked-out and dying. This, however, was the first time. Did she have a secret puppet shadow? Who was she? I never knew her secrets, didn’t even know she was so deaf. Deaf and dumb, true. She was deaf and I, dumb. During funerals for parents and those of their era, my mind dwelt on their life summaries, what they did and didn't do. For those younger, it was their tragedy, of a life story cut short, their uncompleted actions. This funeral was of my generation, now beginning to be sporadically called to the other world, a pace that would accelerate. As. The only comments I ever made to her, were that her work was inadequate, and that she was incompetent, both of which are true. I am too much of a professional to make any remarks such as the ones she claimed I made” I replied vehemently. But no amount of explaining or pleading made any difference. The VP was adamant that this was the best course of action and that if I resigned she would not take the matter any further. Because in the end, it would be my word against hers and everybody knew how.