" Don't you mean the cooking," Stan said smiling."No I don't, Sir" The butler said seriously and stepped out."Oh," Stan said perplexed as he looked ba...ck toward where Mr. Carson was still pumping Sophia.Just then, a young blond woman in her early to mid-twenties entered the room, she seemed aggravated and upset."Jimmy," she said, "this isn't fair. She will not give me anything anymore. Everything is for her Master. If it weren't for the fact that we sleep in the same bed, I'd never get a piece. The last few spoonfuls took a real effort to eat, so I was happy Jill had gone easy on the amount."OK, Mister, time for you to go to bed."She half led, half carried me into the room, going so far as to help me off with my shoes and my jeans. I was able to handle the shirt by myself."Don't go anywhere. I'll be right back."I lay back on the bed. I could see the slight dullness to the air above the humidifier. It wasn't a cloud of steam but the water vapor was slightly visible. I breathed in. I hugged her back lightly, her body so slender and delicate. I was in a precarious position; too close to really caring for her.My downfall was announced with the trill of my cell phone at five-thirty on Thursday morning. Mike Lister, my boss, calmly informed me Jeff needed another week to ten days at least, his father having passed away. I was ordered to remain on assignment. I pleaded with Mike to no avail.Callie was revealing a side to her that was gregarious and bright and giving, despite. ”“Lena,” I said, “That’s the curse of small success. You get something that will get you by, and you stop there. Don’t get trapped.”“It has too much going for it, Jay. I could make enough to actually get out, maybe split an apartment with another girl, like I planned before...”“That fell through. Your friends got the apartment, one of them immediately moved a boyfriend in and she got pregnant.”“In retrospect, all too predictable,” she said.“So naturally you’re thinking about doing the same.