"Why do you think I was invited?"Even as Kristie asked that question, she knew the real answer. I thought it was for one thing; Ann Marie has other in...tentions. Damn! Damn! Damn!Kristie dropped her hands from around Andrea, smiled at her wanly. "Excuse me, I'm a little dizzy."There was a little patio off the living room; the occasional person or two would go outside to have a smoke. Kristie just turned and walked the few feet to get outside, then a few more feet until she was away from the light. She leaned over and pressed the record button. She sat back in her chair and placed her hands in her lap.“This is a deposition for Albert, one of the main witnesses in case number 20-012-4573, the State versus The Benson’s. Albert please tell me of the activities in which you were introduced to while staying with the Benson’s.” It had started. As I began to speak, my voice trembled with fear, but as I continued I became less nervous. Eventually talking to Miss Herndon was no more than talking. "Don't worry," George told him drily. "I'll just keep reminding you that you too are mortal. Maybe you'll also remember it the next time you do something stupid that might get you shot," George complained in frustration."Don't worry," Scotty continued, his voice stronger, seeming to be talking to his audience and his Companion. "The danger is past, and once again America's champions were successful in protecting American Citizens. There is a question that each of you, in this room, and every. On the other side of the conference room were three more cubicles, where our support staff worked. Also, when you first came into the office was a desk where Kay, the receptionist worked.Kay would take phone messages for me and everyone else in the company. So I didn't have my own secretary to run personal errands and get coffee for me. Whenever Karen or Judy would walk past my cubicle, I would ask them to get coffee for me and I would usually pat them on their behinds and tell them how hot.