The phone almost immediately starts ringing again, but she turns it off without answering it.Inwardly I groan at the mention of shopping. I don’t pa...rticularly like shopping with Mom because she looks at EVERYTHING! She tosses her phone aside and beckons me to come with her finger. Slowly I approach. She softly says, “Don’t worry; I’m not going to take you shopping because I know that you really hate it. I just wanted him to know that I wasn’t going to pack up and come home just because he can’t. Tyler had CCTV for all the rooms. He saw Shawna looking at them. “Don’t worry, we don’t record. Just keeping an eye on things.””So,” continued the manager, “what brings you to us?”Shawna swallowed nervously. In a quiet voice she said, “I am unemployed and running out of cash. I lost my job because of COVID. I have thought about working somewhere like here before, but never needed to...until now.”Tyler nodded understandingly. “That’s fine,” he said. “But I’m not so interested in why you need. There was the diya and other items along with the rakhi (which was nice threaded one with great design) and I put some Viagra pills on it as well. I put a newly bought lingerie which was a schoolgirl costume with a very short pleated check skirt and short white front-tie blouse ,white stockings and a G-string panty which was the same design as the skirt (red with black and green checks).I put my hair in a ponytail and wore my black pencil heels. When he came out from the washroom he was in his. I went as Captain and returned as substantive Colonel, surely to return to the rank of Major when the war office became aware of my field promotion.It was Bunty who reminded me of Lord Cashmire and the estate. Bunty at my side throughout the campaign, a true friend.We went to Cashmire Park a few days after landing. Bunty professed a liking for Cashmire’s second youngest so we went in high spirits.Lord Cashmire met us. Bent and bleary eyed. He was completely befuddled. Lady Cashmire had to.