The woman in Los Angeles smiled slightly.“That was my take, as well, Your Honor,” the attorney said. “As you just noted, they’ll lose again. B...ut this time, it will be a double loss. Just minutes before the courthouse closed, an associate of mine in Nashville filed a countersuit on behalf of Ryan Davis, Dom Salducci, Brian Evans, Travis Blakely and Liz Larimer. We’re asking for damages to compensate my clients for their injuries, for their loss of revenue and for pain and suffering inflicted. Not wanting to show him anything he could use against her, she focused only on her aspirations. The image appeared before her mind's eye, and she knew Xavier could see it. She was standing at the Pope's side, carrying a ceremonial halberd and dressed in the uniform of the Swiss Guard with a look of stoic pride on her face. But ... that was it. Try as she might, she couldn't deepen the fantasy beyond that. For a moment, an image of her and her fellow guards fighting off assailants flashed in her. Oh God, I don't know! You see, Sandi, I realized the other daythat my feelings for you ran deeper than I thought. It knocked me over.What was I going to do with that? Of course, I loved you; that wasn't theproblem. It's just that it kind of crept up on me. One minute I loved youand then all of a sudden you're the object of an erotic daydream. Whoa!Where did that come from. I mean lots of people in this business sleepwith each other and everybody's past is littered with brokenrelationships of. As long as shewas Burt she couldn't just take out her ladyship's-- She couldn't justtake her horse out whenever she pleased. Because there were consequencesfor the likes of her.For the likes of her.Ann reflected on that, pausing with a spade full of dung.Although she'd enjoyed pretending, was she really one of the lower ordersnow? Was she really nothing more than a servant; a manual labourer?She shook her head. No. She still had her mind. She was Burt in looks andvoice but she was still Lady.