" Course not." Did she say what Stage Two was?"I shrugged. "She didn't have time. Doubt it's good news though."Panek came around a few hours later, bu...t it was quickly clear shewouldn't give us any information, willingly or not. She said nothing,just looked around with a big stupid smile on her face, droolingslightly."She nuked her own mind?" Jane asked disbelievingly."In a way I'm not surprised. It was only the hate that kept her going."Jane pulled at her sweater trying to get comfortable. "I'm. They were to remain there until he specifically gave them permission to return. They were just beginning, when the guard at the door again buzzed the General. Permission to enter was given and in moments a delegation from the kitchen staff had transformed his conference table into a banquet table, covered with delicacies. A flagon of mineral water waited in a chiller. When their job was complete, the General informed them they would not be required to serve his guests at table.The General. The host of the party "Bill" had unknown to me ...promised to hook one of these arty farty types with a big black guy ... never mind that i was of medium height and build .. my bespectacled demeanor far from the Mandingo she was looking for .. Yep, there's a saying in hollywood ... "They either wanna fuck of they wanna FUCK you " .... . and this was unknown to me at the time .. my plight as it were. Leslie had starred in a couple of C movie pics, was blond, frighteningly thin and had one of. .." "Too weird?" "No, no. Not really. But, well...we can't...you can't..." "It's OK Mike. I get it. We'll forget it, but first just tell me. If I wasn't your sister, would you...?" I leaned forwards to whisper in her ear: "If you weren't my sister I already would have!" I think that's what she wanted to hear. She blushed, giggled, laughed...then threw water in my face before she swam away. I had made her proud of herself, and we'd shared some intimate thoughts. So far, a good day at the beach..