”Saul Roberts smiled at the kid. “Well get on with it then!”Morgan was lucky, after connecting up the replacement Pc he swapped over the drives ...nd powered up the machine. He carefully watched the green characters stream down the screen as the machine went through it’s startup routine. When no error messages popped up he breathed a sigh of relief.Thirty five minutes later the press started running.An ecstatic Saul thanked Morgan.“How do you know so much about this stuff.” he asked the. “I am honoured, beautiful one.”When I looked at her, her complexion was several shades darker. She spoke, and her voice was as one might expect from such a tiny figure, high and piping, but none the less sweet and mellifluous. “I thank you for your compliment, Graham, though I do not think I am beautiful. I thought you wished to ask about my absence.”I didn’t know how to respond to that, but after a moment, decided that a discussion of the presumed ‘mythical’ nature of muses was not indicated.. He kissed her gently on the lips and wrapped his arms around her to give her a hug. She always loved it when he hugged and held her this way. Only in his darkest moods did he fail to hold her like this after work.“How was your day, Master?” she asked once their kiss broke.“It went well — meetings for most of the day. We are negotiating a new contract with a smaller company and the details are becoming very complicated. I think the other company is worried we may overpower and try to make a bid. .. cop escort makes all the difference ... plenty of time..." She shrank back into the far corner as one of the men unlocked the cage. He just caught hold of her ankle cuffs and dragged her out into the pitch black. Under the glare of the red taillights, Guljana was made to pull down her shorts and squat. She peed miserably as they watched in silence. When she had finished and pulled up her shorts, the man who had forced her out of the cage loosened her ball gag and held a red tin to her lips..