"I hope that you don't mind me butting in," she said, "but that's another of the boss's rules. The kitchen is supposed to do their best, whether they'...re serving hundreds or a single meal."Cindy chimed in, "You can tell the boss that the kitchen did fantastic tonight as far as I'm concerned." I'll second that," the young man said. Turning to the bartender, he continued, "Also, if I may, I'd like to have bourbon on the rocks and if these two people don't mind, I'd like to buy them whatever. I came again, squeezing against all the tentacles in my body. i felt a sudden urge to... obey.I woke up to the warm air through the window wake me, making my head stir. I went downstairs for breakfast.I started to make coffee, when i wanted to go outside. since i live in the middle of the woods, i could go out naked, and so i usually did. today wasn't an exception. I wen't outside, Naked as a [insert animal of your choice here].I walked around for about an hour, coffee in hand. enjoying the. With Mitch's increase in power he could make the trip in a minute so this really wasn't a problem. Toward the end of the second week they almost had it together when both Mitch and John felt the powerful presence of 2 more Triacarians fast approaching the planet, Mitch estimated that they had 3 days at the most. John had been hard at work on the farm and learning the strategies that Mitch was trying to teach him, getting through the basics Mitch felt a lot better about John surviving but the. It was close to midnight and I'd been catatonic for the past several hours, unable to sleep ... unable to die. I was sitting up in bed, just staring at ... nothing.Then without any warning, the door in front of me began to swing open. I stared impassively as the hallway illumination spilled into my bedroom."Ben?" Brooke called softly as she came into view, wearing nothing but a towel wrapped around her torso. Her hair was damp as she was just out of the shower, and I couldn't help but notice.