Marie started rereading the report again, this time with an amused look on her face."There's more to this, Mrs. Carbonet. Since this is sexual abuse w...ith a minor, I'm obliged to report it to the authorities. I could lose my license if I didn't report it. I'm sure that you'll want to report it also."Her face changed and Don could feel the heat coming from the fire behind her eyes, "I'll be damned if you'll report this to anyone. I'm sure that you know that we're worth over three hundred million. The older onelicked his rough lips I his tongue yellowed and spotty, as he kneltdown by my side. Pushing my shoulder firmly back into the sand, heput his calloused fingers on my belly, at the base of my corset.His hand moved roughly, moving down my abdomen, approaching mynether regions.Eyes wide in terror, I looked up at the other man, who lookedpassively on, his face unreadable.III. DiscoveredKeeping me forced to the ground, and pinned so that my right armwas useless, the ugly old man grabbed. He is all those things, yes. But also terrible, powerful and cunning. In the ease and comfort of your lives, you forget what came before. You forget that two years before Iosoan's reign of peace began, he rose up amid the clash of armies. He rose up to become the most terrible, most powerful and most cunning of all the rulers, and scattered the others in order to bring you your peace."And now, with storms past out of mind, a new storm is brewing on the horizon, and your great domes will not. I have a feeling that it's going to be an exciting evening. After all, he told me to wear something sexy.We also talked about, among other things, the possibility that for the first time in our sexual escapades, Brad might become intimate with another woman.Brad was afraid of how I'd react if that happened. As I thought about it I realized that I don't have any doubts about how Brad feels about me. I'm secure in our relationship. I think that, especially lately, I've come to separate.