That evening, while we were working late, Elaine asked me if I knew about Mick and the other women.“Other women? What other women?” I asked.“Oh ...shit, you didn’t know. I’m sorry. Deb, Mick is messing around with some of the women in his department. I think he is fairly serious with Clary Walters one of his team members.”“How do you know?”“The grapevine. Now I don’t normally put a lot of stock in those rumors, but these have come from several sources.”I went home and thought about it. I was on my. Quick witted and fearless, she always seemed to be in the middle of whatever was going on. Therefore, to see her sitting there quietly was a sure sign something was wrong. So, I scanned her."What's wrong, Little One?" I thought my question to her."Oh. Nothing," she lied."Remember who you're dealing with here." Oh yeah," she paused. "Then why did you ask? Why don't you just tell me what to do?" Okay. Why don't you try talking with him? You know? Conversation. Dialogue. The intelligent use of. ‘I’ve always wondered about that. I never see you leave for break.’ ‘Now you know!’ the heroic accent he adopted caused Mia to giggle, and he used this brief pause to slide a little closer to the buxom figure. She didn’t flinch, instead turning in towards him, a motion Jayce couldn’t ignore as his mind did somersaults with glee. Mia once again adopted a more serious tone. ‘So what is going on? We can’t be at Broulee, we were just in the hospital.’ Jayce sighed, the moment broken for now. ‘I’m. "Don't worry about it, slave, I will take care of her. But, in the meantime, I need to take care of you. She didn't hurt you, did she?"The oriental girl slowly shook her head, "No, something else." Something else?" Yes, she touched me."Jeffery frowned, "How?" Do I have to say it? She put her damn fingers into me and did me, Jeff. It was humiliating. I want to strangle her until her eyes pop out. I can't believe she touched me..." I'll take care of it," Jeffery said firmly."You don't understand!.