Kashiefa and Vega came to the dais and made obeisance."Proceed," said the Emir.The two women looked at each other as they rose, and then the Emir real...sed that this round was going to be inordinately difficult for the contestants for two reasons. First, they had been trained to be subservient and obedient, so the idea of taking the initiative was not familiar to them; second, they had never even met before the competition and it was only this morning that they had learned that they were to work. Husmiyah had a reputation of an expert in herbal sciences. She could make potions to soothe the ill or heal the aching heart of the unrequited love, she made concoctions which induced labor when the baby was overdue, she could even help a woman from getting pregnant, it was rumored. What would prevent her from mixing a drink that would make her master ill and inevitably kill him? Teti followed Userkaf with a heavy heart and upon entering his house, he was so nervous, he believed that at any. Mass layoffs at major corporations had flooded the job market which madethings even scarcer. So it was not well received news when the axe foundme at my job. Having some collage, but never having finished didn'tincrease my options. I had bounced from job opportunity to jobopportunity and never found a niche. Of course I was a hard worker; Idid find some success in managing others and some responsibility.However none of my jobs were really what I wanted, so my heart wasn't inthem. I was ripe for. The others noticed and started ragging on him. They were still teasing him when they abruptly turned and walked away. Other than the "Jesus Christ!" uttered once, they hadn't said a word in front of me."Probably the first time they ever saw a real cunt," Jack laughed.I knew then that he was taking me down a road I wasn't sure I wanted to traverse.Who am I kidding? I knew damn well I wanted to go down any road Jack pointed me toward.The next day I knew when I woke up that I was going to have.