"We apologize Empress, neither of us meant to curse."Shelby waved her hand letting the men know it was alright. "It is fine Commanders; I just hope th...at this is of better use for you."Both men snapped to attention saluting Shelby. "Yes ma’am," Rayburn stated. "I believe that we can proceed much faster and further now." Good I was hoping so; Derrick does tend to go a more roundabout way. As you both know he is brilliant though at times far more brilliant than he intends to be." Shelby told both. You tip well, but not that well so I put it in the register for you."I took the envelope and put it in my pocket without looking in it and took out my wallet and dropped a twenty on the bar for my drink. Suzie pushed it back at me and said:"Your money is no good in here tonight." Why?" The lady you rescued the other night told me to call her and let her know when you came back in again. I'm supposed to feed you drinks on her dime to hold you here until she gets here." You're kidding me." Not. Regrettably, the head chef, a dour man named Heinrich, turned out to be an enormous thorn in Stacy’s side. Heinrich had been away when Stacy was employed and had therefore not personally vetted Stacy’s appointment. Heinrich was a homophobe of note, and the slightly camp, attractive, and small framed Stacy, was an anathema to him. Stacy did his very best to keep his nose clean, but the relentless bully made his life a misery. Two months after he commenced working at the restaurant, Stacy had. , good. So, my turn to ask the questions, huh?" She nodded her head and looked at me calmly. "I'd like to know how many people you've masturbated with." Really, Mom?" Really, Meg." O.K. Let me see..." She appeared to be doing some calculating in her head. "About ten."I don't know what number I was expecting. Ten seemed like a lot for a fifteen year-old. But it also could have been worse, I suppose."And you've never slept with a guy?" No, Mom. Like I told you before. I haven't.'"How about with a.