Which was why at 7pm that evening Mike got the surprise of his life. They were both sitting in their flat, cosied up on the sofa, when the doorbell ra...g. “I’ll get it” said Emma.“Leave it babe, stay with me” said Mike holding onto her.“I’ll just be a minute, I’ll be right back” she replied, giving him a quick kiss. She went through to the hallway, closing the sitting room door. Mike could hear her open the door and talk to someone for a couple of minutes, and started to get curious. Emma popped. " Good news then?" Spray asked."Well, they have decided it will make economic sense to keep one of the plants open. They'll probably scavenge materials and supplies from the rest to bring it up to the standards that Lord Kilber has required as part of the deal." Lord Kilber?" I asked. Flutter had a tendency to call people Lord and Lady, but there were no actually titled people in Seacroft."Word has come via Wizard's Tube that King Artful has raised Trip Kilber up, ennobling him with a title. He. He graduated with honors with a degree in mechanical engineering. I had also just started paying for my sister’s higher education. That would take 7 years until she received her JD from a top 20 rated law school.I met Andrea when she came to work for me. She was 18 years old, just out of high school, with not much of an employment history outside of part time jobs. She had a similar immigrant, financially struggling background, except it was just her and her mother. Her father, a heavy drinker,. Suddenly I became aware of a sensuous drumbeat that imitated and magnified Jessica's vocalizations in perfect harmony. When the drums stopped I looked over and saw the young drummer climb onto the stage and inch forward till he stood next to the lady MC, not more that three feet away from Al and Jessica.Ten seconds passed and someone called out a five hundred dollar bid for Jessica to give the young fellow a blow job. He did not wait for any encouragement from her and stepped right up to her.