"Richie skidded to a stop just a hand's width from the boy, who looked up and held his breath as his companion scurried away."Problem, Mr. Gardner?" s...aid Seeger. A small queue of new arrivals had formed behind him. Seeger turned his head towards the tall boy. "Mr. Reynor?" Not unless this guy's got one," Richie said."Uh, n-no, no problem at all!" the tall boy said.Richie grinned at the boy's quavering voice. "Wimp."The boy glared at him but said nothing."Then go about your business, the both of. She is behind me and to my right. Still chatting but I can feel her full attention on me. We are close. My arm & hand is against the doorframe. She pushs back against me again and I slide my hand over her side and down towards her arse. Gently cupping and caressing as I move my hand over her, I feel her tense under me. I shift and move away moving further across the room. No one has observed us. It seems miraculous given the heat I can feel from her gaze and the discomfort of my very hard. When the food started arriving the quizzing started. Marjorie, Mary, Carolyn, and even Lilly and Lilah had plenty and they wanted all the details of what had gone on and what had started things rolling. I filled in as much as I wanted them to know, but finally started ignoring more prying and they took the hint. I'd probably have to go over it with Sarah tomorrow at some time, but maybe the women would hash it all out down at the store during the day.As soon as supper was done Gertie, Maybel,. Slightly tainted by a burn mark on the carpet, of course, but with a non-registered subspace terminal. And it was easy to break in if one knew the secret codes.Admiral Valdore walked into the Praetor's office, knowing that his life had run its course. All he could hope for was that his private spies on Earth would finish his plans. He had set the operation in motion to topple D'deridex and become Praetor himself, but at least it would now serve to save his family from sharing his own fate.The.