Geez, Judi. I am so sorry.”“Mel, it’s okay. I kinda’ suspected something like that, but I must say I was a bit surprised when it happened tw...ice.”“I can sleep downstairs from now on. Judi, would that be better?” Mel asked.“Mel, there’s no need of that. But there’s something you need to understand if you’re going to keep playing with something that’s not yours.” Judi looked at the clock. “I need to get ready for work. Rich, you explain it to her.” Mel looked at me. “Explain what,. "Clover blushed and lowered her head. "Thank you, Corvus. How may I serve?"Just hearing those words could turn him on now, but if he let himself be distracted, he would only prove his mother right. "I need to see a tailor tomorrow."Clover smiled. "Of course. Will your father's tailor do?"Corvus didn't consider himself particularly fashion-aware, but he knew that his father's style of dress was ultraconservative and very martial. "No ... find me someone known for dressing patricians my age." Of. Not every man is like those who beat Aleila. I will walkout of here and you will not see me anymore. If you dare to call yourfriends I will inform the police about you."Then I held my hand up."Do you see that? This is a voicerecorder. I always have it with me forwhen I see something interesting I make a spoken note. You can bet yourthreat is also recorded. So forget about your friends and you just walkout of here. As will I in a moment. Oh, before I forget it. Just tellAleila that I am sorry. "Jonathon sat passively, waiting until he was sure Daniel was finished. Even that was familiar, the patience to hear him out Thomas had always had, so unlike his father. And as always, as he spoke, there was authority in his voice. "I was there in Mama Low's at the behest of a secret government Ministry that was trying to bring your father to a court of law, in England, or wherever. A woman I was fond of, in Egypt, had died because I broke a confidence, and the corrupt web your father had built.