"W... well... Draco and I had been talking about our families. I was in favor of telling his father about us but he was against it. I asked him if he ...was ashamed to let his father know we were together but he didn't answer me, merely turned his back to me. I then had to ask if all I was to him was a fuck toy and he turned back to me and had the strangest of smiles on his face. It made me nervous. He said some things to me that hurt me so badly and I left the room in tears. You saw that. I'd. I never did have to worry about you.’ I surprised myself with my next question. ‘How have you been? You’re still at the store in spite of new owners. Isn’t that a good sign?’ ‘Yes, I guess it is. I’ve always been one of their top producers, so I’m sure that has something to do with them keeping me.’ ‘Maybe now you’ll get some recognition in the pay check. Trip was always finding ways to cut back on commissions.’ I realized immediately that it was a cheap shot, but it came out just the same.. It showed me she had done at least a simple background check on us. If she had, she knew we didn’t need the money, only because we spent very little. For both Em and I, it was simply a case of postponing ‘death by boredom’.“I would like to be kept informed of you progress,” Shelly pointed out.“Every Monday, we will apprise you of our progress, and you will pay your bill up to that date, or we will withdraw from the case,” I informed her.“That is satisfactory,” she said.“Of course it is,” Em. "I'm Captain Tiffany Sarvel Mistress of the privateer Shadow Hunter. Iwas playing poker with your slave who managed to win quite a bit on onehand for the ambassador here when one of the other players objectedvemently I put him down and the ambassador was nice enough to share,"she said smiling as she stroked Deva's side as she handed Killian theleash.At Tiffany's words she pulled Deva to her and hugged the slave. "Wellthen I owe you a bit captain. How would you like part of a share in anew.