Chapter Ten – Cold Feet
The investment banker was down on her knees. The corporate lawyer was up on her toes. As personal friends and partners in crime, it was only natural that they should share their penance. Both were halfway into a two week vacation. When they told their co-workers that they were going off to “get tanned”, no one appreciated the pun.
Now they were deep into sub space. Their beepers languished in lockers upstairs, along with their gold watches and designer clothing. They ate from bowls without using their hands and slept on bare mattresses in separate cages. The only bells they answered were in the capable hands of Sophie and Miko.
Until now, the two women had only known each other in a professional context, and each had been surprised to see the other here. Sophie
