.. and dance ... and a few dollars ... ok ... several big bills ... or maybe a decent sized cashiers check.So ... I didn't exactly buy the warehouse ...... I leased it with an option. The chests were moved ... including all the chests from Colonel Parker's widow ... to the controlled climate storage and unpacked, sorted, and catalogued. The truly trash was junked, the period clothing was offered up for bid, and the valuables locked up.The History Department's Nineteenth Century professor was. "But you are still a very fine slave to me." Thank you, Master," said Amanda, smiling. She cared enough about Roquan to want to please him. It was beyond mere duty now."If there is anything at all about which you wish to speak, you are free to do so." I didn't want to bother you with anything, Master, not after getting you so relaxed now."His chest shuddered as he chuckled. It was the first time she had heard that for awhile. "My stress is often at my own doing. Your presence will help keep me. I doubt she was more than 4 blocks away when I drove my work pickup around the back of the house with a trailer full of wood and pre-fabricated components. Well by 11:00 we had all of the old rickety porch down, the holes for the footers poured and setting so we broke for lunch. When we got back from lunch I about crapped. The neighbor to the right has a good sized in ground pool and the women of the house, all 4, were out there… and the mom and youngest daughter (I would put her at about 17). Nor did she notice the words, which issued from her lips in response. The old woman's departure did not make a dent in her awareness, but the man's sudden movement and subsequent touch upon her arm, did. The slight pressure of his hand upon her instantly stilled her roiling emotions and she focused upon him with a clarity she found almost frightening."Now he wishes to talk? Well, Erik, it is too little, too late! The time for talking is past. I have nothing to say to you anymore. In fact, I do.