While some muscle jerks were flirting with her she glanced over at me and caught me looking at her, totally clueless of why I was. She looked at me a ...little puzzled and still without a clue the asked"¦ "Francie, why on earth do you keep looking up and down my body?"� Not hearing a word she said I still looked at her in a blank stare. She snapped her fingers bringing me out of my daze. "Well tell me why."� I looked at her a bit confused. "Tell you why what?"� "why are you looking up and down my. We had been holding our own for the last few years. Kelly’s salary hadn’t changed much, other than some raises based on inflation. She was a full professor and department head at Matucket State. The same was true of her stipends and paychecks from DARPA and the NSA; they had risen somewhat but not by huge amounts. She also had some consulting work and a few bucks coming in from a few startups she was involved in. She was making a bit under $125k a year, which was certainly an above average. ~Chapter 11~~Saturday Night~“Hello Miss.” The valet said.I smiled and gave him my keys.I walked into the mansion, heading straight to the living room.“Well, there you are.” I heard Gabriel say.I turned around.“Just who I was looking for.” I smiled, wrapping my arms around his neck, bringing him in for a kiss. “Miss me?” I asked.“Of course, how are you?”“Your advice worked brilliantly.” I whispered.I took his hand and led him downstairs to a bedroom.“You moved out?” he asked.I nodded.“Yes, I. Shemmin noticed the boy wasn't eating "Hey, if you don't start it'll get cold, eat up" Sul blushed a little but started eating, doing his best not to tear into it voraciously. Shemmin smiled a bit, watching the boy as he ate, glad the kid had a healthy appetite at least, wouldn't be much fun if he had to force feed the crocodile. After he'd eaten about half his stew Shemmin spoke to the little croc again. "So Sul, how did you come to be with Jargas? If you don't mind me asking" Sul let out a.