0 though. Yeah, I also talked to a Mr. Cambridge up there. Does that name ring a bell, Yankee?’ ‘He’s the computer lab director at my former sch...ool.’ ‘Yeah, he seemed to like you a great deal. Told me you were always helping your teachers with various projects. Even on weekends if need be. You also offered tutoring to other students who needed it as well. As if that wasn’t enough, you found time to lead your quiz bowl team to a state championship. Damn son, you’re the Yankee patron saint of the. The Carthians would eventually reform, and a bunch of Invictus would probably defect to join them, if I turned into a tyrant and just forced my will on them.”She laughed, loudly at that, and both birds hopped away from the sudden burst of sound.“You and Ann, my word. Romanticists.”“Thanks, I guess.”“How did your battle with Garry go, then? Is he as romantic as you?”“He ... isn’t. But he’s not the soulless asshole Viktor or Tony or Lucas were. I don’t want to kill him.”“Bold of you to assume you. ”“On your knees.”“No!”“Don’t you ever say no to me.”She raised her hand like she was going to hit me. I tightened up all over. I don’t know if she was really going to do it, but down I went. At first I thought she was going to make me eat her out or something, but she didn’t make any move to undo her jeans. Instead, she went back into her bottom drawer and, digging under the lingerie she keeps there, brought out a black leather collar. What do she and Daddy do that I don’t know about?“All. That’s you job done. How much do I owe you’ ‘Four hundred bucks.’ ‘You said $400 a day. This is the second day.’ ‘I wasn’t hired until yesterday at 10:00. It’s short of twenty-four hours since you hired me.’ ‘Well let’s not argue over that. Here’s a thousand. You have done brilliantly Vince. Without you I would have still been in meltdown.’ ‘That is too much money Miss Stone.’ ‘God Vince, don’t be ridiculous. This is LA.’ Jackie phoned two local Realtors. She knew both of them and said she.