" For me?" Valentine smiled. "You'll spoil me, Jennifer!" He laughed, clutching my arm briefly, and I seriously doubted I could ever spoil him."No pro...blem," Peter said with a small laugh as he started selecting roses from the refrigerator. He probably saw all sorts of weird customers though, even college girls buying roses for prostitutes."Do you want to have lunch with me?" Valentine asked as we waited for the flower boy to do his job."Lunch?" I blinked at him. "I don't want to, um ... you. The sleeves were long, almost down to her wrists and the neckline low enough to show the start of cleavage, but nothing to flagrant for the occasion. The material of the dress was stretchy enough to accentuate her budding breasts and prove to those who looked, that she was a child no longer.Unlike her mother, she had eschewed the use of cosmetics and looked all the better for it. She stepped forward and wrapped her arms round him with a sob. He hugged her back. “Are you ready?” she sniffed a. "Yes, I'll change after we eat. Do you know how many will be coming?" I asked her."The Amulets only said that some men will be here to talk to you in an hour or so," she replied.Later while changing, I went over in my mind what I would speak to them about. I had been ready for a short time before a group of men marched down the road and stopped in front of the entrance to our property. They were commanded by the Sergeant from the guard detail for the Governor's daughter. He left them standing. Now then you are free to move about the house, help if you like, don’t if you don’t feel like it.”With that, Nick left to let them both to think about what he’d just said. Good he thought, at least they are thinking about it and not trying to figure a way out of it.An hour later Thomas made his way down the stairs. He had to get away from Violet, her cowering was really starting to annoy him. Though he’d put on a big front, Violet’s comments had cut him deeply. He thought back to Bitney the day.