The following morning Ellie had a small stroke of luck. An oriental company was looking for a base to run operations on the North American edge of the... Pacific Rim. They were involved in logging which suited the town and they had just made a successful bid for some logging concessions in the Amazon basin. The trade didn't warrant a regular ship calling at the Amazon depot but a 'two-port' loading voyage via the Panama Canal would prove viable. Ellie of course, had excellent connections in the. The girl you replaced who was talking, clammed up. Now she won't talk to anyone." For now, just go over to the hotel and stay calm. Invite some friends over for dinner, but stay in. Don't go out. Ask the guy on your floor for anything you need. He'll get it. Ask him for some games or take one of our laptops and play on the internet, anything, but just stay in and stay loose this weekend."I went out to Sarah's desk to see how she was doing. She said she was fine and would be even better when the. What you want doesn't matter. You serve those of higher rank and authority. You follow orders without question and work hard day and night to please them. Gradually, you rise in rank and eventually, if you stick with it, you find yourself in the Dominant position, commanding other grunts and fielding responsibility for them."I suddenly realized that Jaime was right, though she probably didn't suspect in what way. I felt responsible for my girls. I protected them, looked out for their well-being. By then my right hand was on her shoulder drawing her close to me and she obliged by sitting very close to me and our bodies exchanging warmth over the cold outside. Fortunately I hadn’t worn any underwear that day as I do on such long distance travel that makes it more comfortable. I somehow took out the shirt from inside my pants and covered my thighs half way with it. Then my hand went to her left hand and started stroking it to which she responded. Then I looked around and guided it.