James did have frequent conferences with the rest of the citizens, but they were always conducted over the communications system and never lasted more...than fifteen minutes.Cabo and Cancun both slipped away quietly the first night of our vacation. As they left, Captain Travis asked about the concubines performing. Janice happily accepted the request and promised to have a show ready the next time Cabo San Lucas swung by for a visit.Once the two ships left, we just had Pebble Beach in the repair. Before the auction started, I spoke with one of the men in charge and managed to buy two lots of slaves. One lot had twenty-five female slaves and seven older male slaves. The second lot had thirty-seven females, although ten of them were much too young to be considered as wives for a few years. I got them for less than half of what I had expected to pay. It was obvious that the auctioneer knew enough about current trends to know he’d have a hard time selling them, if at all, and didn’t want to. " He smiled. "Morning. How're you feeling?" I shifted my hips experimentally and said, "A little bit sore but mostly okay." "Good. Well, if you're up for it..." He tugged at his shirt which I wore and I knew what he was thinking. "Hmm, I dunno." I pulled away and stood, heading for the bathroom. "I might not be ready." I kept my back to him as I shut the bathroom door so he wouldn't see my smirk. I took care of business, taking my time before finally going back into the bedroom. I halted a few. “Granddad,” Ellen said, getting my dad to climb up into the bed of the big truck I drove to the construction office. “I used to come up here a lot when I missed my dad. A tall tree with a fat trunk sat on the very top of this hill. Look how far you can see. The trees sticking twenty feet above the canopy are at the RV park’s back. What looks like a giant snake going through the trees is where they tried to run power lines through the forest. It was after my dad died, and watching them kept me.