Henry saw the conversation swirling a little bit out of his control. "<strong>No, no, no,</strong>" he hastily interjected. "<strong>She's not his servant. They're married, but they each do their own thing."</strong>He glanced up at Denise, before cautiously continuing, "<strong>I'm not entirely sure why they stay together, to be honest.</strong>"<br/><br/>Denise snorted. "<strong>For anyone else, I'd say that it's a big bottle of Nunya, but you helped us.</strong>" She paused, looking away with a distant gaze. "<strong>We have an open relationship now. I love him, but I can't really trust him any more. So I had to decide between having a stiff neck about fidelity and kicking him to the curb, or keeping him in my life. It was no contest.</strong>"<br/><br/>Turning to fully face Denise, Henry tried to explain, "<strong>That's... kind of a complicated situation there. Like this - the situation with Kitty is complicated too, okay? I bought her to save her from some slavers. That doesn't make me a slaver!</strong>"<br/><br/>Denise looked skeptical. "<strong>Why didn't you just kick their asses and free her, hmm?</strong>" she challenged. "<strong>Seems to me you'd be 3 million better off that way.</strong>"<br/><br/>Henry shook his head. "<strong>I was trying to keep my head down, looking for some leads on a case we're working on,</strong>" he defended. "<strong>The place I was in was an auction with forty or fifty people in it, including the auctioneers. They were selling... weird stuff, not people. Until her.</strong>" He shrugged, trying to look noble. "<strong>If I'd tried to be some action-movie hero, I'd probably be dead right now.</strong>"