" Cropped tee." We take it," Dad said."But..." It's OK, it's not so extreme as it may look at first sight. We takeit."Sure... Dad's word was the last ...ne. I'd tried. I'd tried hard, but Iwas alone and they were two of them and Leila was professional and Dadwas with money.We got more like that. Actually not like that one last but like that notnormal. If it was a white shirt it was almost see through. Another waslike normal but its sleeves were puffy and it was something ruffled andloose and was. .. quietly and secretly. Or handling the return of stolen items that my own men had burgled, or 'recovered' from some thief's market at a most modest price ... plus reasonable expenses.Yes, I am a bounder and a cad ... but I don't like my betters reminding me of it! Being true, the words of accusation had stung deeply and quick. Still, I needed to pretend that his intentional little dig hadn't stung and drawn blood, but it had. Unwilling to confront this charge directly, I just tried to pretend. "Then she took off the panties, spread her legs, and started sliding one finger in and out of her pussy.A guy can only take so much ... you know?When I get mad I don't think too clearly. Like I said, it doesn't happen often, but when it does it's a lightning quick super hot flash that consumes my entire mind. I just react. Usually I say something. Sometimes I say something really wild or stupid, like the time my best friend, Don Hamner did something - I can't even remember what it was now - but. "Now close the chamber."I closed her in and watched through the glass as she immediately entered the suspended state that lets the machine work its miracles. Then I followed my ears to the dining room. I was glad they were there as I was really hungry. My stomach growled as I approached.I suffered a moment's disorientation as I walked into the room. Well, it wasn't a room. I mean it didn't look like a room. It was a wide open nighttime sky. Low on the horizon, the shimmering disk of Horace was.