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Lora looked up at Ezio as they walked and shrugged. She wasn't proud or overconfident about it. She just smiled and moved her shoulders up once and then back down again.

"I do this a lot, Like anything you do often, You just get good at it sooner or later."

The girl stepped into the waves and immediately her face brightened. The storm that was coming had made the waves a little taller than the last time she was out there. But it wasn't a big deal to Lori, She wadded in to the salty clear water and as soon as she got to where it was just above waist deep she dove under momentarily and popped back up a few feet out further. Lora slicked her hair back and stretched her arms over her head taking a deep breath of the salty air.

"Modeling hu? That must be interesting. I've never been one for photos myself. I fear I'm cursed with unconventional beauty rather than just your flawless traditional Good looks. But, What's a girl to do now days?"

Lori chuckled and put her arms down she walked out to where the water was deeper, it was all most up to her armpits and she swam now. Her arms keeping her in an upright position, and her legs Kicking every now and then to keep her head above the surface. The waves rolled in and as they did she bobbed up and then back down, giggling each time. She loved this to much. I mean you'd think a girl of her class and rank would have more sophisticated taste; Horse back rideing, chess, music, but no. She liked water.

"Don't worry about my self image hun, I'm more confident than's truly healthy. But yeah. I've been to a lot of beaches. It's kind of my thing. One of Father's ladies taught me how to swim And after that, It was All I wanted to do. I jumped off the boat when he was taking a few partners out on the Baltic sea, and they just about died... But I had fun, that was my first ocean experience. After that I learned the Holy book trick. And have been doing this ever since.... Did you know that they just have Bibles you can take in a lot of hotel rooms? It's awesome, and that stuff's so cheap it burn's like a dream."

Lora seemed entirely reborn. She was talkative, and girlish, much more like a normal teen, than a future powerful business executive. Unfortunately this wouldn't last. Tonight, when she would get home, she would check her stocks, and read the reports, She'd send out a smartly worded memo to the marketing department about her opinion on the new campaign, and The girl would shift gears entirely. She wasn't going to be forgotten by time.

"Pshh. Nobody actually reads them. And at least I get some use out of um."

Lori winked and took a breath when he asked her what she did for the company. She didn't really ever tell people about what she did for Ikea, people just knew that she worked.

"I'm Co-manager of the Research Marketing And Development department, right now, And.... Well I guess now My plans have been stalled a year. I was going to go to Oxford... Get a degree in business, you know. Then I was going to become the full manager, After that, four years after that I was going to be promoted, And basically work my way up from there. I can do all of my current stuff from my laptop, but It's tough when I can't actually sit in on meetings and stuff. I mean I skim the minutes, but that's not really enough..... What do you do for yours? "

Lora noticed that they were swimming pretty close, and she wondered how close they could get before she couldn't swim away. What ever that distance was. she swam right up to the edge of it, and stared at Ezio, wondering if he worked, or if he was one of the many free loading children that executives seemed to be bringing up these days. If anything, The girl was not free loading, She was being manicured and shaped, molded and polished to take over her father's job. She was strategically isolated, Systematically neglected, Nothing was done without thought. And she knew this, but she kind of liked the power over her own actions she was given, She was allowed to do a lot of things than many couldn't. Because her father trusted that she wouldn't do anything to stupid.

"Ha, You sound like a very busy man Ezio. and here I thought you didn't actually do any work. That's lovely man."

Lora chuckled. She was actually truly happy to hear that he wasn't useless. A useless man was the ugliest thing that the girl had ever seen, and she had seen quite a few of them. But Ezio was no longer just a pretty face, he was a true possibility.

The waves grew taller, and the wind picked up even more. The rain was almost upon them. Not that The girl would mind a little rain. But the longer they stayed out swimming in the cold water the colder she got.

"The water makes me feel so free."

She whispered playfully before she swam off, going further out, she could no longer touch the bottom at all. The waves threw her body up, and then back down and her head managed to stay above the surface.

"Why exactly do models need to be babysat? They are adults right?"

Lora was not completely knowledgeable when it came to the world of modeling, She's never been to a shoot, or even had her own photo taken professionally. She never really had a resign to learn, or to want to.

"Or do you work with children?"

Personally Lori didn't like having to look after little ones. She found that they were to temperamental, and odd. Plus they took everything for granted. Lori didn't want children, she didn't even want to get married. If she was lucky though, she'd marry a man who would die with in a couple years and she's be free to carry on, having a few men to keep her company and enough money to keep them quiet. Like her father's marriage but less risky.