.. Sorry. That’s none of my business.”“It’s not a big thing, Civia. Carol is a travel agent and occasionally gets some interesting perks. The ...oms, Rhee and Beth, and I have been on a couple trips that were perks from her job. She suddenly got a chance to take herself and three others – although it will be just Sandy and me as the others – to a fancy restaurant that has a band and dancing. We’ll be dining and tripping the light fantastic into the late hours. Well, not too late, as we all work. Clearly, the gateway was the reason I had purchased that house as well, instead of a home closer to Todos Santos and the Seer. While we visited my house, I had intercourse with Suzanne over my writing desk. Her moans and shouts of ecstasy brought a very nervous and concerned looking new housekeeper named Paula to my office wet and naked from the shower, to investigate the unexpected noise. Embarrassed to find us in the act of love, she tried to flee to her room, but with gentle words I. I remembered Annie falling. I remembered that pain in my neck. My neck, what is around my neck? I reached to my throat and felt a band or collar around it. There were little raised bumps spaced periodically that I could feel as I ran my fingers along. “Are you okay?” came a voice. I looked to my right, and there was Annie, sitting on the side of a cot not far from me. “You were out way longer than I was,” she said. I slowly sat up. I didn't feel bad, just a little groggy. As I looked. But every time it was over she'd pet and kiss around on me like she was happy as a lark. It was a little odd to me but what the hey? I could live with it. After a few minutes she finally let me roll off her and we went to sleep with her snuggling up as close to me as she could.I managed to sleep until sunrise the next morning and this time Karen was ready to get up when I did. I dragged on my clothes and went outside to take an early morning piss. My work crew wasn't awake yet. They really were.