She didn’t want him to leave. She didn’t know what she really did want. She wanted several contradictory things from one moment to the next. Joel ...left after a while, and Lucy hid from him for two weeks, not answering the telephone at night or responding to his letters. When she did talk to him, she let him know about the ambivalence she felt and she asked him to try to understand. He seemed to. She lay that night thinking about what she would like to do with him, if she only had the nerve. Joel. "Your score of 7.1 should have netted you a total of four concubines. You were picked up late in the cycle and we had to leave Earth orbit shortly after we got you so we can't go back for more. Unfortunately, despite having started the trip with a pool of seven extras, we only currently have one ... ummm ... spare. She was traded in for one of the others."Tony, standing at my left side, snorted. "Six fucking deaths. That's the highest body count I have ever seen on a pickup ship! It kinda puts. It was about nine o’clock when George finally appeared and started to release the harem of slaves. They were told to stand and stay where they were. They would be told when to move. After the last slave was released, in this case Cindi, they were all herded like cattle with a whip into the pool house where they were all to shower and clean up. The masters would be out shortly to watch the girls on their day of fun. The day had warmed and the sun turned hot and was beating down on the very. Thank you, little girl, this is so nice to come home to."Daddy pulled her close and kissed her, hugging her to him."Come sit down daddy, I have a cold beer waiting for you!" She grinned at him and tugged at his hand.He chuckled at her enthusiasm and followed her to the table. Sitting down she picked up the beer from a small cooler under the table and opened it for him. "Dinner will soon be ready too! I thought we could eat out here since its not so hot any more, ok?" That's fine with me, honey,.