<strong>Tsade ~ with Lily morn day 1 after Fritz</strong><br/><br/>Tsade fingered her leash as he all but ignored her. He gave Fritz a nod then tugged on her chain.<br/><br/>"Come." He said.<br/><br/>They were again in the corridor of the music department moving in the direction they had entered. There was no sound emitting from most of the doors in this department.  The sound was captured behind them.<br/><br/>But not all the doors contained the noise inside them. There were a few scattered randomly down the hallway where the cries of slaves or the crack of some type of whip or paddle which seemed amplified as they walked past. This was not an accident. It was a reminder.<br/><br/>Tsade kept walking. He turned right instead of left. They were not going home. He kept her close as the corridor filled with slave traffic. The waves parting to allow him a straight shot to a section of the Level 2 where security stood like sentries.<br/><br/>They past the check point and moved on. Tsade could have stopped anywhere. He could have done anything but he chose to make her wait for what was to come. Build the suspense. Heighten the fear.<br/><br/>He turned left into the Management Section. The sign over the threshold read just that.  They past several office door. The kind that look like it was a business complete with business tone walls and business furniture.<br/><br/>Lion door knockers on double doors at the end of the corridor stared back at them. He walked to them and they opened slowly. It was an outer office complete with a secretary.  Dressed professionally in business casual and a necklace of silver in a french twist at her neck.<br/><br/>"Morning Master," She said standing as he and Lily entered.<br/><br/>"Morning Charity, I'll buzz you when I'm ready for the morning report." Tsade said as he continued straight ahead and thru the door to a large office.<br/><br/>"Yes sir," She called after him.<br/><br/>The door shut behind Lily as he brought her six paces before the executive desk. There he dropped the leash.<br/><br/>"Stand present," He directed without turning around yet.<br/><br/><br/><br/>