<b>House Aurelia</b><br/><br/>"You always keep your promises Pappa, but I know how hard it is to watch me grow up."  She told him, genuine affection in her voice as she finished preparing the board.  She knew she was a distraction but it wasn't really intentional on her part.  While he would deny her nothing, the feeling was mutual.  She watched his eyes, his reactions to her touches and she almost instinctively put herself on her best display.  The water clung to her body, heavy drops falling from each nipple as she straightens up for her father's attention.  "You don't need luck Pappa, you never did."  She teased him, knowing full well that she would need to play very well to beat him, even with the distraction.  As she smiled sheepishly as her father's foot teased her in return, he was not the only one distracted by their intimacy.<br/><br/>"A wager Pappa?  She said with excited anticipation.  She was enough of her father's daughter to know an opportunity when it presented itself.  "I have so much already Pappa."  She replied strategically, her mind rapidly considering her options.  She had wanted something for a long time but had been waiting for the right opportunity, and she felt now was the time.  "What do you want if you win?"  She asked, hoping to buy a little time even as her foot found its way to his inner thigh.  She came back to her own side of the bet.  "I want to build something Pappa, something to put another house in our debt."  She really wanted to go to the Senate with him, but knew that was out of the question, something even her father couldn't make happen, but this was how she could break into Roman politics, in her own way with the family's fortune.<br/><br/>***<br/>It was closer to two hours before she finally came to collect Cadmus.  She had a certain glow about her that she hadn't before and she simply ignored the fact that she had kept him waiting.  "You have everything you need?"  She asked, certain that Cassius had made for all preparations required.  "I want to go visit my Uncle Lucretius, I think you will like his establishment."  She said coyly, not quite explaining exactly that her uncle owned the finest brothel in Rome.  Julia loved visiting her uncle, both for his company and the opportunity to learn from some of the sexiest women in Rome.  Girls that used their bodies to make a living, a fairly fine living for many of them.  Lucia was fortunate to not have to earn money that way, but she envied them their skills and seductions.  "Come along."  She told the older man, still watching him to see some break in his dispassionate persona.  She was still kind of piqued that he seemed able to ignore her feminine charms, he would pay for such coolness eventually.