* * * * The night before, he had pulled up to the Hendricks' house. He had spent the better part of the day trying to cover up their financial indiscr...etions, and had done well. But he was tired, and starting to realize how much work it would take, and doing it, more or less, for free, wasn't making him feel good. He rang the doorbell and waited. I'm definitely going to unload a little steam on these two he thought to himself. When Samantha opened the door, she was surprised to see him. She. In the bedroom I put the recorder on top of the dresser, undressed and went into the shower.When I came out of the shower I found Cyndi sitting on the edge of the bed wringing her hands and with tears on her cheeks. She looked up at me with a look on her face that I had never seen before and asked:“Do you love me Jerry? I mean really, really love me?”I turned to the dresser and got out a clean pair of pajamas and with my body blocking her view I turned on the tape recorder. I turned back to. Heather was in the throes of packing for almost a month's stay.She had to pack her different prostheses. Melissa helped her pack as usual. The private plane would take her to 'Asraa' the next day after breakfast.Nathaniel rang and suggested dinner at the new gourmet restaurant in the city. Melissa managed to pack by afternoon and Heather was happy that she knew which case contained what. By the time Nat arrived both women had showered and dressed. Melissa looked beautiful beyond words in a. Her ‘Manager’ came on right away. A suave looking green skinned humanoid posing as a Hegloian and wearing an expensive Saresii silk business suit in the classical and very distinguished Cambridge cut. Yet she was certain it was a generated image and had nothing to do with how the real person looked like. He sat behind a featureless glass desk in a sterile white looking office. He had his fingers steepled and said. “Ah my dear Ieshia, I gather there weren’t any complications?”“None at all,.