Buttons and Shame

Tristan offers his beautiful slave as payment-and I can't say no. Tristan has been my client for a long time. Always keeps his word-and always pays on time. But this month he's short on funds, and offers Adelina, his beautiful slave, as collateral until he gets the full payment. If this happened before Pearl came into my life, I would have taken the deal without a second thought. But now it feels wrong...knowing everything my sister-in-law suffered. I should say no, but she looks at me like...