Damn, I had forgot that the prosecutor was there when I kicked the AT team out last night. I had forgotten all about him being here without a car or a...ny food. Now I felt like an ass because he had been working away and not hassling me or my men. Maybe he found the bedroom and crashed there. I hoped he was ok and not mad about the rude treatment he had received from my department. I opened the door and walked into a mess between Shorty and what I took to be the team leader of the ATF team. I. Light blue eye shadow and dark blue mascara wereadded. Just a touch of blush was added to my cheeks and my lips weredone in burgundy gloss. She painted my nails in the same shade ofburgundy as my lips. While the polish dried, she placed a gold chainaround my neck with a matching bracelet on my wrist. Gold clip onlooped earrings were put in place and two small rings added to myfingers. As a final touch, she sprayed me with perfume. It had a softwarm fragrance that filled the room. "There we. The edict was simple and vulgar: "No,unless you can find me someone more beautiful than Zheng Dan, and apleasure orifice as tight and pleasurable as hers."There! That is what I meant by the vulgarity of the times that I livein. So I plead again with future scribes and translators not to tone mywritings down, and obscuring the truth in the process."Better than Zheng Dan?" asked Wen Zhong and the other ministers. Weknew immediately that the answer was as good as a "No!" then. After theintensive. He hadn't spoken out loud and was glad, still standing in the busy subway as a ring of cops stood around a prone and screaming figure. One of the officers motioned for Aaron to be about his business and he got the hell out of there, his prize tucked under one arm.The trip home was a blur. Aaron couldn't remember whether he caught a cab or bus or just walked, but there he was in the early afternoon daylight at his front door. He opened it, noting that it was unlocked and so somebody must be.