Finders Keepers Part 8 By Soltan Bey April 28 1998 Detective Dan Moreno ducked under the police tape and entered the door with proper detective like flair, making sure his trench coat made those impressive swishing sounds. Police Sargent Morris glanced up from his notepad. "Hey Dan, glad you made it here so quick." "Yea, same MO?" Morris had called on the cell phone earlier and had said they had a case very similar to the dead man they found two days ago. "Seems that way to me. Figured you would want to get a look before they bag the body. This guy is fresh dead meat, can't be more than a few hours old I’d say. A friend of his came over about ninety minutes ago to pick him up, was going to go out fishing together. When he got here he noticed the door was ajar and his buddy didn't answer so he came in and found the guy. Say's he didn't touch anything, just called 911 once he saw the guy was dead." Moreno nodded his head and ducked into the bedroom where a police photographer and a evidence team were working. The man on the bed was laying face up, just like the Jenkins man had been found. No sign of violence. Signs that sexual activity had occurred were evident, whoever the lover had been had lubricated rather abundantly. Moreno peered closely at the mans skin which had an odd puckered look to it, wrinkles. He put a glove on so he could touch the dead mans skin. It felt oddly dry and could almost could be described as crisp. More like parchment paper. The tissue beneath felt odd as well. He glanced at the guys face. "Looks like he died happy." "Yea, who knows." Morris commented. "Wonder if we got us a serial pattern here." Moreno shook his head. "To early to say for sure. Could just be a coincidence. This guy will help us a lot, being so fresh, that Jenkins guy was in pretty bad shape." Moreno wrinkled his nose as he said that, he never could get used to the smell of death. Especially once a body had a few days to ripen up. He eyed the bed. "No doubt it's a woman though. Whoever she is, she's a soaker." The pungent odor of her juices still clung in the air. "Wonder how she's doing it? Morris mused. "Don't know. Maybe she's just too good in bed." Moreno joked. Drugs maybe." He shrugged. "I'll contact the Coroner and see if they found anything further on that Jenkins. Last I heard, case will probably be ruled as death due to unknown natural causes." "Well, maybe he'll have something new to chew on with this one." Morris noted. "Yea, no doubt, if this is related anyways. Soon as I get tests results in on the pubic hairs we'll know if we got something in common besides the circumstances." Maybe then he would order full DNA scans. Moreno stepped out of the room so the evidence collectors could finish their work. "I'll call the Coroner and tell him we want this guy put on the top priority list." Morris nodded. "Well , just between you and me. I think these guys were killed. Something fishy about this." Moreno glanced over at Morris. "Well, that nose for crime you got could be right, yet again." Morris had proven to Moreno, many times, that his instincts were top notch. "If we get a match on the pubic hairs I'll let you know. Meantime, bout all we can do is find out if anybody saw anything suspicious." Morris nodded. "Yea, I've got a man talking to the neighbors right now trying to find out what this guy was up to last night. So far he's come up with zippo. His fishing buddy told us our stiff here went out bar hopping quite a lot. Gave us a list of bars to put in the report anyway." "Good deal." Moreno left. Unless further strings could be tied between the two dead men, there was nothing he could do for the moment. The first death had looked like the guy just died in bed, not all that unusual. Moreno respected Morris's nose. This death would be handled differently. Moreno pulled out onto the freeway and back to the office. He reviewed the death scene report on Jenkins and came up with some threads of commonality between the two. Both were single. Both were found with the entrance door unlocked, and in the last case it was ajar. Lived alone. Were known to frequent Bars. Were both overweight by a good margin. Both had been found laying face up in bed, naked and uncovered. No witness's at the scenes had reported seeing or hearing anything odd. Moreno decided he better bump the investigation up a couple notches. Maybe they could find some more threads by backtracking. He sighed. To bad he didn't have enough resources to follow up immediately. Despite Morris's good nose, Moreno couldn't go all out until they had direct evidence of a common element. .................................................... Diana didn't arrive at the island as soon as Susan had wanted, Diana was sure of that, but there was little she could do about that. Susan's written orders had been to see Felicia for a full medical work up before going to the island, and that took three days. Felicia insisted -her- orders were to have each coven member have a complete hi-rez scan before having anything done. The big delay was the time wasted waiting for the NMR machine to be available at the hospital. Since Diana couldn't locate Susan and the orders were explicit, she put up with the hospital scheduling delay snafu over the scan work up. During the lengthy three day wait she contacted Shelly on several occasions. Shelly seemed to have the situation under control, though she didn't know how to handle the 'bug' problem. She too had been unable to locate Susan. There was some worry about that, though it wasn't all that unusual for Susan to disappear for short periods of time. However it seemed strange given the current activities that she would be out of contact. .................................................. Diana breezed through the check in procedure at airport customs and walked out toward the lobby. Marie was waiting to pick her up and after a brief exchange of greetings they loaded up her bags into the car and headed for Shelly's house. On the way they passed by the Elan Villa. Diana eyed the villa as they passed. "So how are things going there Marie?" Marie kept her eyes on the road as they continued south. "They are doing well. Acting like tourists, having a good time." "So no problems?" Marie glanced at Diana. "Well no. However I get the sense Andra does not want me around. I think she is planning to have Lucy take over taking care of the place. Lucy has been asking me details about this and that about the house and property. Raul has indicated to me he will be taking care of the lawn and maintenance chores, the stuff we have been contracting out for." She sighed. "I tried to explain to them we don't keep that sort of equipment there. Andra told me she would be talking to Shelly about that." Diana nodded. "It's to be expected. Maybe I can convince her to do otherwise." Marie shook her head. "I don't know. She seems a very strong willed woman." She frowned. "Shelly told me Andra had informed her that she expected that we would get permanent residence papers for the Gomez's. Not only that but she wants a tutor for that little boy, Roberto." Diana nodded. "Well, if we have to, that can be arranged I'm sure." Marie pulled into Shelly's driveway. "I suppose, but it will mean greasing the squeaky wheel at the government office. It won't be cheap." Diana huffed in humor before they got out of the car. "Nothing about this operation has been cheap, the Coven funds are going to be hit even harder, at least for the foreseeable short term." Marie walked beside Diana to the entrance. "I hope Susan and the Council of 1st's have a plan to recoup." Marie had been well informed of upcoming events by Shelly, but Shelly didn't seem to know the full game plan. The holes in the game plan seemed risky to Marie. Andra, not being a Coven member and all. Diana grinned. "Trust me. They do. You'll see." Lorena must have heard Marie them pull up for she met them at the door as soon as Marie opened it. "Diana, glad to see you!" They hugged each other. Marie excused herself , "I'll fix up a few snacks and bring us something to drink." She disappeared into the kitchen area. Diana watched Marie head away and raised a eyebrow at Lorena, "I thought you had full time staff around here." "I do. I told Marie earlier I would want to talk to you alone for a while." Diana nodded. "About Susan?" Lorena sat down in a nearby rattan chair. "That and a few other things." Diana sat down in a chair beside Lorena. "Well, I haven't heard from Susan for five days now. You?" "Nothing. Her office just say's she said she would be away for a few days. I've left messages with the rest of the Coven to let me know if she shows up. There are things I need to talk to her about right now." She frowned. "It seems odd she would just decide to take one of her sabbaticals at a time like this." "Yes. Very odd. Well, we will just have to do without her until she pops up. It's not like we are a bunch of children." Diana joked. "So, what else is up that you don't want to discuss in front of Marie?" Lorena leaned over toward Diana and spoke in a low voice. "As you know Susan wanted all that electronic bug work disabled and removed from Villa Elan." She paused. "Well, I took it upon myself to have Marie show them all around the Island yesterday, that gave me plenty of time to work." Diana nodded. Good idea. She waited for Lorena to continue. "Well, when I went to look for the devices, none could be found. Not a single one! I even hooked up the center to see if any were working. Nothing. Not a single device responded." Diana raised her eyes up from one of the infamous sea shell collections Lorena, AKA Shelly, had mounted inside a acrylic coffee table top. "That's interesting. You sure?" "Most defiantly. It's as if something ate them. I found powder residue at a couple of the bugs we had outside. I didn't bother with digging around the ones inside as it would have been to difficult to cover my tracks." She pulled a couple small sample bottles from her blouse pocket. "I put what I could find here." Diana grabbed one of the bottles and eyed it. Nothing but powder. Lorena shook her head. "That was one of the new miniature optical bugs mounted in the cliff wall out back. I couldn't even find the feed strand." Diana grunted. "Incredible. You sure this didn't happen before Andra showed up?" "It was all working during the last time the place was leased out to that couple, what four months ago, so..." Diana nodded. "Well I guess I better have a talk with Andra. Susan was most upset she had arrived early. She was afraid of something like this." She put the bottle down. "Has Andra said anything to you about this?" "Not a word. She's been very friendly, though full of questions. I've done like Susan told me to do, told Andra a great deal about what we have down here. She had Marie figured out from the start too." Diana sighed. "I trust Susan's judgement, but the more I learn about this Andra, the more I have doubts. I think we have a tiger by the tail." Lorena agreed with that summary. "Andra wants me to get full time residence papers for the Gomez's. I told her as soon as I get Susan's permission I'll move on it, I can't authorize that sort of expense on my own." "Yes, well, we may not have too. I'll see what I can do about that." Lorena called Marie back in so they could sit and discuss things they all needed to share in and partake of the refreshments Marie had drummed up. Lorena continued. "Well, I hope something can be done about the Gomez's, right now I don't know what I'm going to do when Felicia gets down here." "What's the problem? Should be plenty of room." Diana popped a island delicacy into her mouth." "Well, she's seen to it that the Gomez's are using up three of the bedrooms. That leaves one bedroom free. I was thinking I might convert the spare room upstairs into a bedroom, but when I mentioned that to Andra she nixed it. Said she wanted that room left open for other uses." Diana smiled. "She's crafty. I bet she's got something up her sleeve." Diana shrugged. "Well I have instructions to be staying there full time, for the foreseeable future, and Janine will be coming in a couple weeks or so. Course she and I will share the same room." Lorena grinned. "I figured that. I'll probably end up freeing up some space around here for the good Doctor Clark. However there still is the downstairs den room that is free, we might convert that, and there’s still the small guest house next to the pool. " She paused. "I’m glad you got here. I'll be having my hands full, so will Marie. We really don't have much free time to be worrying about this Andra situation." Diana watched Marie nodding in agreement. "Well, Susan and the others are more than aware of how many brands you got in the fire. Keeping on top of all these properties and all the rest." She patted Lorena on the shoulder. "Not to worry, the cavalry is here now." ............................... Lucy felt somewhat jealous of her husband, Raul, as he and Roberto were having a lot more fun the past few day's than she was. Right now they were out somewhere in the island with a guide that Marie had put them in touch with, the guide she said was a man they contracted with often and he had a good track record. Andra apparently had changed her mind about the 'two week vacation" , at least as far as Lucy was concerned. Lucy sighed and burrowed her nose back down in the book she had to read. Andra said she had to get up to speed on some things, if she was going to be of much use. The way she said it told Lucy she better get cracking. She had told Andra, the day of the secret interview, that she hadn't ever been to college, well not a real one anyway, it was a Jr. College, and she had only been a above average student in High School. She sure wasn't as quick witted as Andra was by any means, she knew that. She felt she had to reveal that to Andra when Andra informed her of some of the things she would be expecting her. Andra had told her not to worry, that she would learn about the subjects as she worked. Lucy sighed and burrowed further into the book after nibbling on the rest of her sandwich, she wanted to finish the next chapter or two before Andra came in and tested her. She was almost to the end of the chapter when Andra came into the room with surprising grace for such a big woman. Lucy wondered what it was like, to be so tall. Andra was wearing a knee length terry robe that flapped open as she walked, to show the daring tiny swim suit she had on. "Hello, Andra. " Lucy said with a tentative smile. "How was the beach?" "It was great! Except for some gawkers. I'm afraid I broke a few hearts down there!" She plopped her big frame into a nearby rattan chair, which groaned in protest. "I wore my favorite thong suit, you know the one that shows all off my midsection?" She chuckled. "I'm not up to going full bore nude just yet." Lucy laughed. "Well, that suit, you might as well be nude. It leaves nothing to the imagination." She doubted Andra minded the gawkers much at all. Andra was proud of her body, especially that menacing looking abdomen of hers with all those slabs of muscle and ridges. "Did anyone have a heart attack?" Lucy halfway joked. Andra shook her head. "There were a few I suppose that were border line." She played coy and looked away. "Lets just say there was a number of high blood pressure cases that were quite obvious." Both had a good laugh at that. Andra eyed the book, "Well if your just about finished with that chapter, why don't you slip on your suit and we can go out for a walk on the beach, catch some rays. Maybe do some swimming. The water is great!" Lucy nodded. "I'd love to. I suppose a hour break wouldn't hurt. " Andra poked her. "It's time you had a break. It's best not to try and cram information in long chunks, take a break every thirty or forty minutes to give your mind a chance to recharge and absorb the information. Remember, you not only need to remember the information but -understand- it as well. Give your mind a chance to think it over, interpret if you will." She paused and looked up at the blue sky. "Forget the study until tomorrow, you've been working yourself too hard. I want you to not spend more than half a day, max, with your nose buried in the books." Lucy didn't mind that idea. "But I don't see how I'll read all these books you put on this list unless I spend more time than that reading each day." She pointed at a list containing hundreds of titles, many of which would be arriving by freight during the coming weeks. "You'll do fine. I'll give you a short test right now. Put the book down and recite for me the first half of chapter three." Lucy blanched. "Word for word?" "Yes. You should be able to do that." Andra waited. Lucy shook her head. "I read that two days ago I can't do that!" "Yes you can. Calm down and think about it for a few seconds. It should come to you." Lucy rolled her eyes in frustration. She had to try though, else she would let her employer down. She calmed herself and in a few long moments she let out a shocked gasp as it all came back to her. Word for word. She excitedly repeated the entire chapter and was going to speak out word for word another chapter when Andra stopped her. "See, that wasn't so hard now was it?" "I don't understand how it is I can do this thing! I've never been able to do that. I forget so much." Lucy babbled. Andra reached her hand over and rubbed Lucy's shoulder. "Remember I said I would be doing extra things for you eh? Well, this is one of them. I wanted to surprise you. Now that you know you can do it, how to recall, you will get better at it, be able to look up things in a flash." "This is amazing. I feel like a genius all the sudden." Lucy was up jumping up and down in excitement. Andra laughed. "It helps, but bear in mind just knowing facts and figures off the top of one's head isn't the same as understanding. That, that is something else. Only time will tell if your understanding of the material you read matches the volume of what you will have access to. " She paused for a bit and let that sink in to Lucy's head. "Well, that's enough work for the day. Let's go down to that beach." Lucy nodded her head. "I'll go put on a suit, though I don't dare put one of those things on." She pointed at Andra. "I hope if Raul and Roberto are around you wear that robe around that suit, it shows to much in my opinion." Andra got up and flexed her tummy. "I will, though I think you will have to get used to the idea of people showing up wearing not so much. Besides, what do you have to worry about eh? It's not like your not able to compete in the looks department!" Lucy smiled and sighed in agreement. Within a few minutes she and Andra headed down the path after they made sure the Villa was locked up. Lucy giggled doubt when she saw Andra hide the key behind some bushes. Andra tossed up her hands. "Where can a girl put keys wearing nothing but a robe and a swimsuit?" They headed down the road for the short walk toward the Lorient Resort Beach entrance. On the way to the beach entrance there were a number of cars that passed by, one of the cars stopped and a couple of tourist types wanted to know if they could give them a lift. They managed to shoo the attentive lads away and proceeded without to much trouble to the entrance. Andra introduced Lucy to the day manager at the resort and informed him Lucy would need three annual passes. "We'll be by to pick them up when we leave later today." Andra said. "Of course Miss Nichols. I'll see to it." He smiled graciously. "Please enjoy your stay at the Resort and let me or any of the staff know if you need anything. Anything at all." Neither woman needed to look back to know he and a couple other men had their eyes on them as they walked away toward the beach. Lucy gushed at the sensation of the warm white sand on her feet once she took her tennis shoes off. It was a paradise compared to anything she had ever seen before. Exotic looking palm trees were all over the place. She was surprised that this beach wasn't crowded with people, like the beaches in the States. Andra explained this portion of Lorient Bay Beach was restricted to Resort members or their guests. Lucy eyed the larger crowds to the north. "I don't see any fences to keep someone from just walking down to this section." "See those burly dark skinned men?" Andra gestured. "Besides serving drinks and what not they make sure stragglers don't wander in." Lucy giggled and looked away when one of the two dark men looked in their direction. She noticed his eyes didn't linger for too long. Somewhat surprised by that she supposed they were trained not to make the beach guests feel uncomfortable. Both were sitting in an elevated deck platform that had a palm frond style roof on it. "They look more like life guards to me." "Well, that too. But if you want a drink or something served and don't feel like walking to the bar over there you can just wave one of them over, then they call the order in to the bar with radios they carry." They found a place to lay out their towels, Andra needed two, and they stretched out to enjoy the sun. Lucy adjusted her two piece bikini top. "I think I need a bigger top. This one is too tight now." Andra eyed her for a moment. "Your chest wall is bigger, looks like your still putting on some muscle." "I've been using that exercise room. The equipment isn't very challenging though, not now anyway." She arched her back to adjust herself against the sand. When she did that she must have flexed a bit more than she had expected as the bikini top string ripped free of one of the cups. Andra laughed at Lucy's expression. "I guess you and I need to make a shopping trip this afternoon!" She watched Lucy fumbling with the broken string. There was nothing she could do since neither of them had brought needle and thread. "Guess you'll just have to go topless if we go swimming, might as well get used to it Lucy." Lucy sighed. She gave up worrying about the string and flopped back down into the towel while keeping one hand on the loose cup so it wouldn't flop in the sea breeze. "I've never paraded around nude in front of strangers, " she half whimpered. She looked around at the others on the beach. Nobody was paying them much attention and there were a number of women up and down this section of the beach that were topless. A couple of the women might as well not been wearing bottoms as the tiny string bottoms they were wearing did little more than cover their vaginas, and not a very good job of that in one case. She noticed almost all the men were wearing bottoms. Andra caught Lucy looking around nervously and misread it. "Well slip on your robe and we'll go back to the house, then we can call a cab and go shopping." Lucy shook her head, she sat up and slipped off her top and tossed it alongside. She flopped back down, enjoying the sensation of the sun’s rays beaming down on her generous Andra-ised breasts. They jutted up like twin swollen volcanoes, ignoring the tug of gravity. "This feels good, the sun is shining were it never has before." Andra laughed, her larger soccer ball sized breasts heaved with the throb of her ribcage. She decided to find out for herself what that felt like. She untied the neck string of her skimpy suit and pulled it down a ways before she laid back. Lucy peeped over. "Andra, you sure tan quickly. I swear you were several shades lighter a few days ago than you are now." Even her breasts, which should have been creamy white were the same nice shade of toasty brown as the rest of her. Andra held her hand out so it was between the two of them "Watch this." Lucy let out a amazed gasp as Andra's hand and forearm cycled from a dark brown to pitch black then from pitch black up to creamy white then back to its original shade of tanned brown. Andra put her arm down and cast her eyes over at Lucy's. "One of the talent's I crafted for myself. Don't tell anyone." Lucy quietly exclaimed "Wow, that's amazing! I won't say a word." She paused. "I bet you've only shown me the tip of the iceberg." Andra flipped her hand in a kind of dismissal. "Oh, that's nothing." Something caught her eye and she looked up toward the villa for a moment. "Don't tell anyone about your new memory capability, okay? I mean even your husband. Just keep it to yourself." "Sure." Lucy nodded. "One of those things you don't want that investment group to know about?" "Right. You see, I have an agreement with them that I'm only going to do advanced work with members of their group for a while. Later on the plan is to expand things a bit. I don't want them to know I'm working you up with some extra special goodies." "But what about my growth program? I can't hide that Andra. They'll see I'm taller and putting on some extra muscle." Lucy frowned. Andra waved her hand again. "I'll take care of that. Your still on that program for as long as you want. I just prefer they don't find out about any of the other things." Lucy propped herself up and twisted herself toward Andra. When she did so a couple of other sun worshippers not very far away couldn't help but notice how Lucy's big DD breasts hardly sagged at all. "What other things?" "You'll see." Lucy was suspicious. "Look, I don't want any more surprises. I mean, I should know what your doing. It's not right if your going to do stuff to me and I don't know about it." Andra looked over. "I did tell you. I told you your memory was going to get a lot better sometime soon." She looked offended. Lucy thought for a second. "Oh, yea. I guess you did. Back during the interview." She blushed. "I'm sorry. I forgot. I guess I didn't understand back then." Then she had a worried look. "I should have remembered that easier." "I didn't slip you the mod till a week ago Lucy. So anything in your old memory is liable to be lost just like as usual. Don't fret." Lucy remembered the ‘vitamin’ pill Andra had given her, that must have been it. She frowned and felt silly that she hadn’t recognized it for what it was as it had looked like the same ones she had taken back when she first started working for Andra at the body shop. She made a mental note to pay more attention to the pills next time. They fell silent for a while, enjoying the sun and the sound of the surf. Lucy broke the silence and spoke dreamily. "You know. It would be neat to have fingernails I could change the color of at a whim, like you can your skin." Andra chuckled. "Good idea Lucy, tell you what. If you want we can fix you up a set of claws that could do all that and a lot more." Lucy wanted it done right away and started coming up with other ideas almost nonstop. She stopped babbling when she saw Andra eyeing the villa again so she turned and looked up. She thought she saw the top of someone’s head but wasn't sure because it was so far away and whoever was there, if anyone was, had moved away when she turned to look. Andra confirmed someone had been there for some time. "It's Marie and some woman I don't recognize. I suspect it is one of the women from that group." "I guess we should go and see them." Lucy quipped. Andra shook her head. "It can wait. Let's go out for a swim!" The wonderful blue waters were a delight to frolic in. While they swam about and soaked in the warm salty water Andra kept her eyes on the villa, without being obvious about it. She noticed Marie appeared to be no longer about and the stranger was apparently snooping around their bedrooms. It was easy to see into the villa as the large windows were uncovered during the day. Andra had an amused smile on her face as she watched. The stranger didn't have a clue that she was being so easily observed. The three hundred some odd yards distance was a minor obstacle for Andra's modified eyes, which could zoom in like a pair of high powered binoculars. Even if it had been night, and only the stars were up, she could have observed the same almost as easily. After an hour or so passed Andra decided it was time to go meet the snoopy woman, before Raul and Roberto got back from their tour. ............................................ Doctor Felicia Clark, Sister of the 2nd Ring, Clan Elantra, just finished a discussion with a physician she was going to refer some of her patients. She had just hung up the phone when her head desk clerk came in the office door. "Yes Janet?" "That Susan Wills woman is here, she says she wants to see you right away." Janet had a displeased look on her face. Dr. Clark had a full docket today and didn't have time to be bothered with friends. It wasn't right that she could bump others waiting in the office, but Janet had been told that anytime Susan Wills called to notify Dr. Clark immediately. Felicia nodded her head. "Send her in. I'll try and be short with her." Felicia knew how Janet felt about favoritism and hoped that would smooth Janet's ruffled feathers. In a few moments Susan showed up at the door , which she closed behind her. "Hello Felicia, sorry to drop in you like this but I need to see you." Felicia smiled and indicated a seat. "We've been worried about you Susan." She pointed at her computer. "The people at the island have been looking for you, nobody knew where you were." She said the last with a slight scolding tone. Susan nodded. "I needed to take some time out for a personal cleansing," She smiled warmly. "I'll contact them and see what's up. Nothing of emergency status I hope." Felicia shook her head. "No, not from what I can gather. Just some guidance I suppose. Lorena has some questions on what to do about the Gomez's, but I better let her elucidate on that." She paused. "What can I do for you?" "I want another hi rez scan Felicia, and I'll want to compare it to the one we had done some years ago. I hope you kept the data." "Of course. The disks are in my vault." Felicia paused. "Is there a problem?" Susan shook her head. "No, I just want to get it done and out of the way, I’ve got other irons in the fire you know. Same conditions as last time, you will oversee the process and see to it no one but the technicians are involved, and as last time, no one but you and I will see the scans. No one at the hospital will retain the data, only you." Felicia bobbed her head. "Ok, I'll make the arrangements. We should go ahead and give you a full physical like everyone else while we’re at it, before you have Andra do anything more." Felicia eyed Susan, she was looking tremendously healthy, not that had been sickly looking before. her. It was obvious that she had a good deal more muscle mass than the last time Felicia had seen her. She even looked somewhat younger than before. It was obvious that Susan had been doing a lot more than just showing Andra the coven ropes. Susan must have started a program of her own early. It irritated Felicia that Susan had done that, but she was head of Clan Elantra and that was the way things were. Susan nodded her head. "I suppose that would be wise, however no needles, no blood work up. Not yet anyway." Felicia shifted forward. "Susan, I'll need to include you in our data set. I only have twenty to work with. Removing yourself from the pool would not be acceptable." Susan sat forward herself. "Nonetheless that is what we will do, what is and is not acceptable is something I will determine, Sister of the 2nd Ring." Felicia sat back in a bit of shock. "As you wish, Guiding Light." She felt uncomfortable using formal address here in her office, surprised that Susan was invoking her power as the leader of Coven Elantra over such a matter. It didn't make sense to refuse the complete blood work, given what the long range plans were. "There is also another condition, I will analyze the comparison myself. You will not, under any circumstances, attempt to compare the last run to the new one, not until I say you can." Susan made the sign of the death commandment. "Do you understand Sister of the 2nd ring?" Felicia sighed. "I do not understand the reason, but I understand your commandment and will obey, so mote it be." It was a serious pledge, if she was foolish enough to disobey such a commandment her life was forfeit. It irked her that Susan was using such tactics with her. She wondered why Susan felt it was necessary to extract such a pledge. Hadn't she always been trustworthy? She could think of no reason to have caused Susan to think otherwise. Then again this was probably just another of Susan’s tests of trust. Felicia remembered the other odd tests Susan had put her through in the past. Susan replied, "So mote it be." She observed the conflict in Felicia's aura, reading her. "Do not fret, Sister of the 2nd. You are trusted. I meant only for you to understand how important this is to me. I promise to inform you in due course about my reasons for proceeding in this manner." "As you wish," Felicia bowed her head in abeyance. Susan got up. "I know how busy you are and I won't distract you further." She moved away from the chair. "As you know already, I had to ask Diana to leave early for the island, Andra surprised me by moving so quickly." "Yes, I figured that out. I'm afraid I won't be able to get down there for another two to three weeks, at the earliest." Felicia followed Susan to the door. "I understand, you have much to do and it can not be rushed." Susan paused. "If there is anything you need expedited, let me know." "So far I've been coordinating everything with Lorena with no problems. I expect she may have some problems setting up the lab, but that can be worked out as we go along." She paused. "Penny pincher Marta has been whining about the cost of some of the equipment I've ordered." She chuckled, "I'm sure once I have time to sit down with Andra and work out some preliminary's I'll be having to order other things. None of which are small ticket items." Susan nodded. "I'll get with Marta and see how our cash flow is doing." She placed her hand on the door knob. "I best get going, Lorena might be losing some of her lovely hair over something. Contact me when you get the hospital bit scheduled. I'll be available this time, no sudden time outs." Felicia plucked tiny piece of lint from Susan's jacket. "OK, I'll leave a message for you. Hopefully I can get you slotted in sometime next week, maybe sooner. See you soon." She watched Susan walking away and wondered what it was the coven leader was up to. She had to put that out of her mind and get back to work, patients were waiting. ................................. Seleena Van Martine, Ring 2 of Elantra Coven, shook her head in disgust. "This stuff is crap. Cancel all further orders with these people." She tossed the cup she had been looking at in a nearby trashcan. "If they can't learn quality control we can't do business with them." Eric nodded his head. "I'll contact them right away." Seleena propped her leg up on the footstool in front of her with a grimace. The damn knee injury was acting up again. "Something else I need you to see to Eric," She handed some papers over to him. "Have one of our crews sent over to that address and pick that stuff up for shipping, they'll need to crate most of it up. The list of items and instructions are all there." Eric looked over the sheets. Quite a tally, and shipping charges to be billed to Seleena's personal expense account. He raised his eyebrow in some surprise. "A friend of yours?" Seleena nodded. "I want you to be sure that gets done with priority shipping. Baby it along yourself, if you have any problems with the locals let me know right away." He glanced back down at the sheet. Some of the stuff was bound to be very heavy. "All air? We could save a bundle if we used sea transport, I could check and see if a vessel is available out of Miami." He offered. Seleena shook her head. "No, I said -priority-, ship it all air." Eric nodded his head. "Okay, well, if that's all I'll get started on these items. Oh, don't forget about the meeting with that group from Thailand this afternoon." Seleena chuckled, "Thanks Eric, what would I do without you?" She said with false coyness. He smiled at his boss, the owner of a multi million dollar import export business, dealing in mostly exotic goods and hard to find items. She was a hard task mistress and lorded over some 600 employees and dozens of subcontractors. Eric knew she was wealthy enough to retire and live a life of luxurious leisure if she wanted to. He turned to go take care of the mornings business. "Eric, you mind massaging my knee? This thing is acting up on me again," She put a wince on her face. "That stuff can wait for the moment." Eric turned back. "Sure," He set the papers on her desk and walked around to where she was sitting with her leg propped up. He noted she was wearing one of her sharp business skirts, knee length. "I appreciate it Eric, this old track injury is going to turn me into a crippled old woman one of these days. " She sighed. "Doctor told me massaging it would get the blood flowing again." Eric nodded and began rubbing her knee, as he had many times in the past. He was well aware of her knee injury, she said the same thing every time. Some sort of ritual for her he supposed. "That feels wonderful Eric. You've got good hands on you." Eric grinned, "I get lots of practice." "I'm surprised your not married by now Eric, hands like that should be appreciated by a lady who can keep you on a leash." Eric blushed and shrugged his shoulders. "One of these days I'll find somebody. Just hasn't happened." He kept his mouth shut about his girlfriend, the one he was considering proposing to. He knew married men didn't last long at the top rungs of this company. It was one of the dirty secrets one kept quiet about. "Em, little harder on the backside if you please Eric. " "Sure," He glanced up at the middle aged woman, almost twice his age as she reached over for the intercom. "Elaine, I don't want to be bothered for, oh, maybe another thirty minutes or so." Seleena clicked the intercom shut . Seleena spread her legs a bit. "Eric, a little higher please." Eric moved his hands up her thighs a little and began to massage the loose flesh there. He had seen pictures of her that dated back some twenty five years or so ago. The once strong legs were still shapely but nothing like they had been, he noted ruefully. "Little higher Eric." Eric grinned, it was going to be one of –those- days, the boss had more than a massage in mind. ....................... Elaine, Seleena's day secretary and woman Friday, in the outer office heard the electrically activated door lock on click and she knew most likely Eric would be 'tied up' in her boss's crotch for the next hour. She snickered at the thought. "Poor Eric," She looked at her calendar and made a notation. She made a game of keeping track of how often Eric, or one of the other upper level office men, had been in one of 'those' meetings. Ol' Eric seemed to be Seleena's current favorite. Between phone calls and handling head office details she was a busy woman. But not too busy to pull out of her purse a small medallion and finger it. She couldn't wait to have it mounted for the ceremony coming up next month. The one were she would be tested, and if she passed would be moved up from novice to a member of the 3rd Ring! She cupped the medallion when she heard the door open behind her and she gave Eric a warm smile as he passed by and out of the office. She could tell by the ruffled hair and the flush of his cheeks his face had been stuck between Seleena's legs. She knew Seleena loved having her generous clit sucked. She noted the time, Eric had a new record! She made a couple small marks in her calendar, marks only she could make sense of. Seleena stuck her head out the door. "Elaine, I need to talk with you." Elaine picked up her notepad and headed into Seleena's office. "Close the door and have a seat Elaine." Seleena said as she sat down at her desk. Elaine closed the door and heard it lock behind her as she sat down. She wondered what was up. Seleena had a odd look in her eye that made Elaine nervous. She waited for Seleena to speak. "Elaine, I've been told to tell you that your initiation will not be taking place at the end of the month." Elaine dropped her notepad. "NO?" She felt great disappointment and it showed. "Is there a problem?" Was it something she had done? Seleena kept her eyes on the young woman. "Yes, I'm afraid there has been a drastic change of plans, regarding you." Elaine felt further disappointment, she had spent the past 26 months earning her way as a novice. What had she done? She couldn't think of a single thing. Wait. "If it's about the calendar thing. It was just a game!" She blurted out. Seleena arched her eyebrows. "What?" Elaine explained what she had been doing, keeping track of Seleena's office man usage. Seleena puckered her mouth and had a severe look on her face. But then she lost it and burst out laughing, so hard she began to weep tears. "I'm sorry Elaine. I was playing you along, your initiation has been moved up to this Friday night." Elaine let out a shriek of delight. Seleena sobered, "Assuming of course you pass the test of truth, as administered by Susan. So I suggest you think about the vows you took. If you have doubts about passing I suggest you withdraw your submission." Elaine crunched her eyebrows. "But Seleena, why would I want to do that? I do not want to remain novice and I have kept my vows and trust. I will have no problem." Seleena sighed. "Something you must know Elaine, before you go further in our branch of witchcraft and climb the ring ladder of Clan Elantra is that each ring carries greater responsibilities. "I know that is the case, I learned that early on". Did Seleena think her daft all the sudden? "Yes, but you may not understand that the higher you climb, the repercussions of violating clan law and commandments , as set down by Susan, become more severe." "That too I know of. You spoke to me of this before." Elaine said primly. Seleena smiled. "I know. I don't mean to be tedious. I just want to make sure you understand what you are about to do. You still have a chance to stay as you are or leave Clan Elantra, but once you take the step to the 3rd ring, there is no turning back." Elaine nodded. "I have thought about this for some time and have no problems committing myself to the clan." She made the sign of Sisterhood. "Before the Clan Elantra is nothing. I give my trust to the clan and the clan gives me the same. My allegiance to the clan and the Goddess Elantra is before all others." Seleena put her hand up. "Save it for the ceremony. Just remember one thing. Susan is unique, and her power is absolute as she is the voice of our Goddess. Any vow you make before the Goddess is a vow to Susan." “I understand.” “There is something else I need to tell you Elaine. If you pass the test you won’t be working for me for the foreseeable future. Susan will provide you with details after your coronation to the Third Ring.” Elaine frowned but shook her head in acceptance. “I hope I’m not away to long, I’ve enjoyed being your executive secretary.” Seleena smiled, “The clan does as Susan asks, remember that. Personally speaking, I’m going to be put out if I have to find a permanent replacement for you.” She paused. “In the meantime I’ll have to get by with a temporary replacement, you have any ideas of who could fill in for you Elaine?” Elaine thought for a few moments. “Well, Eric seems to have a good grip on things.” She added hurriedly, “Company wise I mean.” They both shared a laugh. Elaine considered the suggestion. Maybe that would work, assuming Eric could perform as well as Elaine did. The hours were demanding, especially when they went on trips, Eric would have a rough time filling in Elaine’s shoes. Later that morning Seleena pondered one of the expensive paintings on her office wall, the one with the young maiden frolicking with a fanciful unicorn. While she did so her thoughts turned to the upcoming ceremony. She hoped her tutelage of Elaine as novice was worthy. If the sweet young thing failed her test, she would die. ........................................ “Raul, we need you to stay with the car and watch things while Andra and I go check a few more stores, okay?” Lucy asked with her best sweet smile. Raul frowned. “I don’t want to sit here, why can’t I come along? I was going to pick out some more pants, maybe the next place has something I’ll like.” “Because silly, look at this car, it’s full of stuff. You remember what Marie said about thieves around here. I’ll find you something, you stay here.” She noticed Raul’s frown. “Well, the other choice is you can go back to the villa and drop the things off, then come back. The villa is only a few minutes away, it’s not like we are in Los Angeles anymore.” Men. So stupid sometimes. That sounded like a good idea to Raul as it beat standing around. He left Roberto with Lucy and drove the short few miles to the villa. He wasted no time grabbing all the bags he could carry, even so, he would have to make several trips. He shook his head and wondered why women had to buy so much clothing, not to mention shoes. He cursed while fumbling with the keys and locked the car door. Even here it paid to be safe. Some sharp eyed thief could clean the car out while he was inside. He was glad he didn't have to fumble with the keys again, as the Villa main entrance was unlocked. He was partway up the stairs and paused when he thought he heard someone cry out in pain from somewhere just above and down the hallway. He kneeled and quietly sat the bags down. Perhaps it was an intruder and Diana Valk was in trouble! There was a loud thump and another muffled cry, and that spurred him into action as he got the bearings on where the noise was coming from. He rushed down the hallway and slammed the bedroom door open, ready to come to the aid of Diana. In a few moments he realized he had made a blunder. He grit his teeth in a sheepish grin. Diana had some fellow he didn't recognize in a viscous headlock, his face was beet red. Diana looked up. "Oh, Hello Raul." She smiled. "I wish you would knock in the future." Raul stepped back toward the door. "I thought there was an intruder...." He tried not to be obvious but it was hard not to look. Diana had nothing on, other than a smile. She grunted and twisted her hips around to pinion the mans midsection. Diana released her arms enough so the young man could breath for a while. He looked like a fish out of water. Diana glanced back at Raul who didn't seem to know what to do, the poor thing. "I think, as you can see, I can handle just about anything that would come along. I'd introduce you to my friend here, but as you can see he is indisposed." She grinned while her thighs flared with effort against the mans tortured midsection, he cried out in a yelp of agony. She released the young man and told him to behave and to be still. She looked at Raul, "I thought you folks would be gone for the day, I asked Andra to call me if you were about to return." She bent over to grab a robe laying on her bed. Raul got a good eye full of Diana’s rock hard ass, the woman obviously -lived- in a gym, before she looked up he suddenly remembered who he was and slammed his hand into his forehead. "Ah, I'm sorry Ms Diana. I just returned with some things, no they are still out shopping. I forgot about that. My apologies. I need to get back, I'm sure they have another handful of bags by now." Diana found that amusing. She also noticed, that despite Lucy’s training of her ‘sweet Raul’, he was taking his time exiting the scene. She twisted her hips in that certain way to gauge the man’s reaction. "Well, if you want, your welcome to watch." She winked. "I won't tell Lucy if you won't." She flung the robe away and grabbed the young man by the hair and yanked him to his feet. "Now Danny Boy, do you still want to be Diana's servant and playmate?" Raul decided it wouldn't hurt to stick around for a -leetle- while. Just in case this young man didn’t have a gun or something and was holding Diana hostage, one never did know these days, after all. Right? Si, Si, right-o. Danny Boy cast a ashamed glance at Raul and must not have liked the amazed grin on Raul's face. "Tell him to get out of here." He pointed rudely. Diana grabbed Danny Boys outstretched arm and slammed her hip into his groin. He let out a cry of pain as she slammed him into the carpet. Before he could get up she stepped behind him and pinned his arms to his chest with her thighs, then she grabbed his chin with one of her hands and started pulling. "Wrong answer Danny Boy. I told my friend and neighbor Raul he could stay and watch if he wanted to. Your going to have to learn who is boss if you're going to be my boy toy." Raul tried to match up what he was seeing with the image he had in his mind of the Diana he -thought- he knew. Since she arrived some three days ago she had wore nothing but long summer gowns and had been a most polite and sweet personality to be around, almost demure. She liked to read and seemed a most tractable sort. Here, however, he saw a woman of incredible physical presence and brute like power. From the way she was treating this Danny Boy lad he judged she was no one to mess with, it was obvious she was just toying with the young man too. He wondered what would happen if she got angry. She let up on Danny Boys chin but kept him firmly clamped between her awesome thighs. "I'll be finished with my test ride by the time you return with the other's Raul." She waved a fly away. Raul decided he better go, as he was beginning to feel aroused. "Raul, wait. Don't go yet, I want Danny Boy to apologize for being so rude to you." She unclamped her legs and let Danny Boy fall to the floor. "Now, apologize to Raul for me Danny, and I'll give you a reward." Danny turned his red face in Raul's direction. "I'm sorry if I was rude to you Raul." He said with a croak. Raul ducked his head out the door before he got any further involved. On the way back to the shopping area he debated telling Lucy and Andra about what he saw. He decided that it wouldn't be a good idea to get involved with that Diana woman's personal affairs but he would dutifully report the event to Andra, he was sure she would want to know that sort of thing. He hoped Lucy didn’t find out though, if she did….. he didn’t want to think about it. .......................... The late night view of the heavens and ocean from the Villa pool deck was to much to resist. Both the women had that much in common, if nothing else. It was near midnight and both were lounging in deck chairs. "Well your going to have to get used to it Andra." Diana pulled the evening robe up over her legs. The damp night air was enough to put a chill on bare flesh, especially since she had been doing nothing much more than sitting in a deck chair and staring at the stars for the past hour. She had been enjoying the night, but Andra was being a jackass. "Face it Andra. Susan told me to come down here and live in this house, that isn't going to change. That is a inviolate fact. If your so worried about what goes on around that little Roberto then you'll have to consider other options." Before Andra could reply Diana continued, "And I have other news for you. My friend Janine will be down here in a couple weeks or so. She will be staying with me in -our- bedroom. I can't promise that innocent little boy won't be exposed to some deep nasty social reality. If he or his parents can't handle it that's too bad." "Keep your voice down Diana, there’s no need to speak so loud." Andra chided. "Keep the volume level down." Andra glanced up and behind, noting that the bedroom the Gomez's were in had it's windows shut. She didn't want to disturb the ones sleeping inside. Diana scoffed but fell silent for a while. But not for too long, she was on a 'Valk in aggression mode' roll. "You got a lot of nerve Andra. Susan didn't include the Gomez's in the deal. -YOU- decided on your own to hire them. That's fine, but having them live in the groups household is -NOT- a good idea." Andra eyed the irritated Valk. "You seem to be forgetting who is holding the ace card here. Lucy and her family -will- be staying here in this house. If you want to drag beach boys in and beat them up you'll have to go find someplace else to do it. I won't have that sort of thing going on around here. If you can't do that then I'll have Susan tell you to leave." Diana looked offended. "I don't go around just dragging -any- beach boy in. Only one." She held a finger up. "Lorena turned me on to him, he's a clean cut young guy that knows how to appreciate a woman like me." She paused. "And I did not -beat- him up, all I was doing was giving him a interview." Andra snorted. "From the description I got it sounded like one hell of an interview." "I had to see if he was up to the demands of my bedtime needs. I think he'll do well, once the swelling goes down anyway." Andra shook her head. "I thought you and Janine were real tight, I don't get it. Brenda told me you were hard core lesbian." "Yah, well, that goes to show you Brenda doesn't know everything." Diana stretched. "I taste the forbidden fruit from time to time. Janine and I have shared house boys before. When they’re clean cut and young, like Tommy, they can still be trained, even enjoyable." She paused for a few moments. "I think I'll present him to Janine for a reunion gift." Andra sighed. "I won't have you people running around the house rutting in front Roberto." Diana sipped her drink before replying. "I find that offensive, Andra. Making love and enjoying life is not 'rutting'." She lowered her voice. "Clan Elantra is a celebration of love and pleasure, among the other things. It is at the heart of what we are. You have no right to make bigoted remarks." Andra popped back. "I apologize, but you will either comply or end up finding another place to stay. Besides, I don't know this Tommy. I don't want him around." Diana sighed. "OK, you win, no more fun for Diana." She paused "I'll ask Lorena to explain to you the deal on Tommy tomorrow. He's safe as can be. Lorena uses him around her house for housework and what not. She just thought he could use some extra experience and lent him to me for a while." Andra rolled her eyes. "You talk like he was some sort of slave. "'Giving him to your Janine', he have any say in all this?" Diana shrugged her shoulder. "Sure, when Lorena introduced us, she asked him if he would want to come over for an interview. Soon as he saw me his eyes lit up like a Christmas tree." She laughed. "I told him what I would expect of him." She paused. "Tommy was orphaned when he was not much older than little Roberto. Lorena took him in and gave him a good life." Andra rolled her eyes. "He can't be a day over eighteen. Your a cradle robber Diana." Diana flashed her eyes back at the young Andra. She bit off the nasty retort she had in mind. "Well when you get to be my age you'll understand. Guy's my age don't exactly live up to my performance demands." She rubbed her hard belly, thinking about what she would do to keep herself entertained until Janine showed up some weeks away. Andra huffed, "I know what you mean. Your not talking to a spring chicken here." Diana smiled. "No, I suppose not. You must have learned quite a bit during your...how shall I put it?... Your exotic wild time?" She asked in good natured tone. "You know, back before you opened your body shop, when you were collecting all those funds from the sheep?" Diana was trying to turn the conversation in a direction more favorable. Maybe find out if Andra was willing to go for a bed tumble or two. Though, so far, Andra had shown no indication of wanting to do the same. Least not with Diana. Diana wondered how Susan had managed to bed this luscious giant Amazon. Andra grinned. "Exotic wild time eh? Sheep eh?" She laughed. "I called it 'Earning a living while doing research into human sexuality'." "Bet you know a lot. Maybe you can show me a few tricks some day." Diana ventured. Andra turned her head away for a moment. "Well, I could fix you up so any man you bed wouldn't be a disappointment. Least not staying power wise." She giggled. "I used the technique to keep the old rich guys, hard and randy for as long as I wanted. Was great for repeat business! They never knew I was cheating!" Diana eyed the super curvacious silouttee in the chair next to her. "Well, I guess having that kind of bod helps quite a bit." Andra nodded. "Yes, but I did a lot more than just what you see. I have way's of extracting desired sexual performance that aren’t obvious." Diana's interest perked. She and Diana had already discussed the some ideas during the past two days, ideas for body mods that would come in handy for Diana in her line of expertise. Diana was anxious to start on the program. She was fretting away the time waiting for Doctor Clark to show up. "Such as?" She prompted. "Well, with some men, ones that have problems, I used stimulant's to keep them aroused." She paused. "What I did with them was cheating, but it didn't hurt them and made things a lot easier for me, not to mention more pleasurable." "Some sort of drug?" Diana had heard of that sort of thing, injections and what not. "Well, I crafted a stimulant package that could be released when needed." She paused. "It's something I worked up. Just another gland that releases some unique compounds." Diana huffed. "I bet. Lets set me up with one of those too. Sounds like fun!" Andra nodded. "Okay, I'll have to talk with Doctor Clark about that first though. That and about quite a few other things. To accomplish what needs to be done requires quite a bit of rewiring. It was a lot easier working with myself, and I'll use that as a template, but doing some of the thing's we've discussed these past couple of days will require a lot of work on my part." She paused. "And perhaps some risk to you". Diana waved that away. "You didn't hurt anyone with the program you worked up at your body shop." She shook her head. "I haven't heard of a single problem." She thought about Brenda. "What you did for Brenda was some sort of miracle. I'm sure you'll have no problem with tacking on a few extras!" Andra sighed. "What you don't understand, it's not just adding a gland or two here or there. I work at the genetic level. Those women I helped will pass on the enhancements to their female offspring." Diana's eyes widened at that. "So anything you do with me or the others will pass down?" She felt giddy at the thought. Andra shook her head. "Not necessarily. It depends on the technique I use, and on what needs to be done. For some thing's it's easier to code the changes at the genetic level. For other's it's a matter of gross tissue modification and manipulation using the nanites." She sighed and stretched her legs. "If I go too far you wouldn't be genetically compatible with the rest of the human race. What I did at the body shop was minor compared to what your group wants done. I'm going to have have some long talks with Dr. Clark about what can be done, safely that is." Diana took that in with some thought. "Well, you'll have at least two guinea pigs to work with real soon. Frankly, I can't wait to get started." She yawned and stood up. "Think I'll turn in for the night. I hope you change your mind about letting me have Tommy Boy around." Andra looked up at Diana. "He is kind of cute." She paused. "I suppose we could have your room soundproofed." Diana laughed. "Now that's a good idea." She thought for a few seconds. "I'd be glad to share him with you Andra. He's disease free, I can assure you of that. His wick hasn't been used by anyone other than the few clans women that enjoy that sort of thing. Shelly keeps his nose clean." Andra laughed along. "We'll see. I'll think about it after I talk with Lorena." She hadn't got comfortable enough with Lorena to refer to her by her nickname yet. Diana nodded. "Well, with him around you would have a nice bed warmer, if you like him that is." She paused. "I know your not naturally bi oriented, but if you ever feel the need for some company feel free to let me know." Andra blushed, though Diana couldn't see that here in the dark. "No, I've never much felt amorous about women. Men are my preferred partners." Diana shrugged her shoulders. "Well, no matter. I was the same way, before I met Susan anyway. I understand how you will feel around us. I'll be sure to let the other's know not to try and come on to you. We don't want you to feel uncomfortable." She turned to enter the Villa entrance. "Well, see you tomorrow, Goodnight." "Good night Diana". Andra waited till Diana left before turning to sit at one of the nearby tables. She spent some time thinking about what Diana had said, the bit about being straight till she met Susan. Diana’s remarks caused her to think, yet again, of what had happened with Susan, that she had never done anything sexual wise with a woman till the night Susan had come by that night with her business proposal. The time they had spent together, the following weeks as well, seemed like a dream almost. She noted when she thought of Susan much her thoughts were soon colored by the tint of heady eroticism and arousal. She shook her head to clear her mind. The woman had reach even when she was no where around. It was a very spooky thing. If she was actually wired that way, by all rights she supposed she should feel attracted the same way to Diana, if anything, even more so. Diana was more physically attractive than Susan was, at least to Andra's biased eye. But nonetheless Andra didn't feel the need to jump into bed with her. She just wasn't interested. ‘I’m not bi!’, she never had been. Though, the longer she sat and thought about it, it had been a few weeks since her last coupling with another warm body, and that had been with Susan. Not one to be shy of masturbation, Andra had to keep herself in check each night. Something she was quite good at. She chuckled quietly. In fact she was perhaps the best lover she had ever had, very well equipped to do the job. Especially now, since she had modified herself even further, after Susan put some ideas in her head during their love making. Andra had run with the idea and expanded on it to a radical degree, then Susan ‘suggested’ she share the mod with her, in addition to those other things she wanted. The thoughts of sexual release began to affect her body and it was going to need attention. She got up and entered the Villa, thinking maybe it wouldn't hurt to see would be like, with another woman. One that wasn't Susan. She would have to go against her natural instincts, and to test herself out, to find out if she was no longer as straight as she felt. If she got the same out of the experience as she did with Susan, or not. Maybe see what Diana thought of Andra's implementation of Susan's ideas. Yes, it would be research! She wasn't bi. Just doing her job and earning her pay! Besides, if Diana and the others were going to make intelligent informed decisions on what they would want done as a group, she would have to demonstrate some things for them. Uncomfortable though it may be for her. Yes. It had to be done, no matter how she felt about woman to woman sex. She knocked on Diana's door and invited Diana to join her for a drink in her bedroom at the far end of the house. That way if something developed they wouldn’t disturb the Gomez's, sleeping in the rooms nearer Diana’s. ............................ To be continued.