"Wow," I said. "More wine?" Yeah, babe."I got up and poured us each a glass of wine. I handed Rachel her glass and sat back down next to her, still wi...nded."Hot stuff, huh?" I said."Yeah." She sipped her wine. "Holy shit, babe! I don't know what got into me!" I take it you liked the scene?" I, uh, I guess so," she said. "Holy fucking shit. Once they got going the whole thing really got to me. To be wanted like that by two men. Wow."I was stunned. This was precisely the outcome I had hoped. Therefore, we will grant this miserable peasant his life, and even allow him to keep the spoils, but on one condition. A life must be offered for a life. So, I will spare this man’s life, on the condition that his lovely daughter agrees to spend the remainder of her life in the royal palace.’ The royal palace. Samantha had never even seen it. Now she was being offered the chance to live there. The girl would have followed the king to the palace just given the chance. So, it only took a moment. “I hope so.”“Me too. I hope it’s okay us being here without her.”“Never worry about that Joseph,” she told him. “You’ve really enlivened her life.”“Uhm, really?” he said, trying to keep hid shock hidden.But she got it. “Getting her involved in the play,” she said suspiciously. “What do you think I meant?”“No. That makes sense. I just didn’t think it would be such a big thing for her.”“She’s a creative person. An artist. She enjoys her classes with the little tykes, but there really hasn’t been. That evening the four of us sat in a booth in Gustav’s bar and restaurant. Uli had made sure that Inge was next to me and Trudi opposite. She was controlling somehow, and I was watching her fascinatedly and wondering how she did it. She was coaxing Inge to talk, and Trudi was helping, reminiscing about Christmas. There didn’t seem to be much for me to do, so I didn’t. ‘Do you remember the little red fish?’ asked Trudi. ‘The way they used to come and nibble our pussies, tickling? It was so much.