.. That's unbelievable... Yes, he's here... I'll ask him."Mandy put her hand over the mouthpiece and asked, "Did you say I worked you like a slave and... acted like a mean old witch Jeff?" What do you mean?", I asked surprised."Just gossip going around; one of the boys you were talking to yesterday told his parents you said that when you stopped by the store." What's his name? I'll get him for telling a lie like that."She laughed and returned to the phone, "He said he didn't call me a witch.", she. ”“I should probably apologize to you. I’ve left you alone too often since we all got picked up,” I replied as I stroked her hair.“You’ve been great,” Miki said as she put her arms around me. “You’ve shown me you care and that’s what I’ve needed. I don’t have to worry that you’ll dump me.”“I’d miss you,” I said. “And you are a good companion.”“I try to be. So what about Jason and Jessica. They aren’t part of your crew,” Miki asked.“I was thinking of calling them after I have breakfast. I do have. ’ She rubbed the scarred fingers of her right hand with her left hand and scowled. ‘Give him his due, he never gossiped of my name as he has of other women.’ Vadya had always felt a little sorry for young van Athagine who had lain over the floor in the tavern after Tashka punched him in a way that suggested his jaw had been broken but now he felt a savage satisfaction and hoped el V’lair’s jaw had been broken very badly. ‘Have … have there been others?’ he asked hesitantly. ‘Ye-es,’ she. .to show off their...er...best assets.”In holding his stare I was transfixed at just how blue Steve’s eyes were. The scent of Davidoff Clearwater permeated my inebriated senses and my heart began to beat faster. A little voice inside my head warned me I was going too far. Feigning innocence I said, “And what might they be?”“You have terrific legs which look even better in black....tights?” Steve’s voice went up at the end to emphasise the flirtatious query.“Not quite.”“Not quite what?”“Not.