’ Several sniffs later she starts talking. ‘We had sex last night, our usual routine. We have sex quite often, always the same. Until I found the... magazines, I thought everything was fine.’ ‘OK, tell me about the magazines.’ ‘I needed the cordless drill to put up those new shelf brackets, you know, the ones I was telling you about.’ I nodded. ‘When I couldn’t find it, I checked his tool cabinet in the garage. I saw one of my good towels, the real soft ones. When I pulled it out, under it was. .. at least, not yet. But if it doesn't get any better, that's probably the route I'll go."We sat in silence for a few minutes while Christie gathered herself. I could see that she was a bit shaken by the encounter with her ex-husband although I didn't get any sense that he'd laid his hands on her. Verbal abuse was bad enough. I would not stand for physical abuse."He said something odd when we were talking about Diane and you. I get the impression he tried to seduce Diane, maybe more than once,. To ensure the signal still could be passed if anything happened to the cathedral tower, the Duke ordered two of the church bells brought down and re-mounted at the castle.The Grand Duke ordered his men to gather all civilian clothing remaining in the houses, especially women’s clothing. His men wondered what on earth he was planning. Women’s clothing? Yes indeed, civilian clothes would be part of the trap the Duke planned for the Red Moon Army. He explained that no Danubian Army uniforms would. “She said that.”“Whatever it means,” I replied.“It meant that she considers you a friend and she undressed in front of you for some other reason than to entice you,” Dayton explained. Jill and I looked in his direction. “I have a niece and I know the lingo.”“Damn,” Jill said. “I figured that she was going to ... grudge fuck you. I can’t believe I just said that!”“Me, either,” I said. “She’s a God damned kid, Jill. Let’s talk about something else.”“Tell me about the ring,” Jill suggested.I was a.