”Phil already had drinks fixed for us when I arrived at his office at 6:30 pm the next evening, and he complimented me on my short skirt and tight b...louse. We settled down on the couch with our drinks and he said, “I need to see how receptive you’re going to be before we sign those listing agreements. But you’ll have to tell me how Mark reacted to whatever you might have told him about last night.”I had already decided that I wasn’t going to tell Phil how receptive Mark and I were to me having. It was all so silly. If one of them sobered briefly the otherwould splutter some comment that would send them both backinto fits of hilarity.Finally they both settled down, gasping to catch theirbreath."Oh I needed that," Robyn gazed up at Jim. She smiledcompanionably. "Thanks, Jim. For everything."Jim glowed at her words. He was chivalrous, and not in a puton way. He had the old-fashioned kind of courtliness,ingrained so deeply that it came automatically to him. Whichwas one of the main. ” He slowly climbed back to his feet and started to remove the cloak. “Keep it old one, it will be returned by the next runner from the Archer Wood compound. I can get you a horse if you like. It is a days ride, or a three day walk.”“You don’t have anybody bound there?”“Actually we do, but porting into that area is frowned on unless it is an emergency, and it has to be dire even then.” The guard waved to one of his troops to come over. “Give this private your dire reason and he will get you. "When Sandra heard this, she was somewhat unhappy about this. She didn't mind Melinda doing this to her, because she had also a plan to embarrass Melinda on the Thursday, but she hadn't thought that Melinda could call in the help from a boy. If she wanted a boy to touch her like this, it would be Frederik and nobody else. Even so, Sandra knew better than to protest and would let Johnny have a go at her. She saw how Johnny also came standing next to her on the table, and then he grabbed her.