Hal used to be my partner in San Francisco but now he ran a line of hookers in Anchorage.?Incredible! When our governor went south to become a public ...spectacle I hired three girls with long dark hair, got ‘em black-framed glasses, and taught ‘em to say ‘You betcha!’. They were an instant sensation! I charge double for them and they are never idle. I set a friend up with Sarah One and he spent four hours with her in his hotel room. Then he called me and wanted to buy me a drink in the hotel bar.. Now, I wanted her to get the repair surgery she needs, but there is no way the Colony could afford to send her to Earth for expensive surgery without an adequate and justifiable reason. If she could establish herself in the Security Department as one of our essential personnel, I could perhaps persuade the Admin Department that an investment in her surgery would produce a more efficient member of staff. However, she had to be shown to be essential, so I steered her into a job that needed doing,. "Doesn't your maid have a uniform Regina?" her Mother asked."Well, err, yes she does, but I haven't asked her to wear it since welost Charley." That is downright sloppy dear. Girl, go and get your uniform on and Iwill inspect you when you bring our teas. And don't forget to give aproper curtsey to your betters, not that little bob you gave me."I curtseyed deeply, sarcastically in my mind but it only got a nod ofapproval from the woman. I stomped off upstairs and got into fulluniform, the. In fact a number of the men on the trip were fathers to girlfriendsof sara from high school. So here sara was, sitting between Mr. Harris andMommy on a jumbo jet on her way to South America. sara had been out partying the night before she left. She seemed to be outpartying all the time after her 16 th birthday. She had thrown her clothesand gun together when she got in It was Daddy's old shotgun, a fine Englishside-by-side 20 gauge Mr. Harris had given him. She knew she could sleep onthe.