But hell I know Pepper to damn well to know it was more than just a polite "sniff" given especially since she didn't wear panties hardly at all! ... I saw her dark blonde hairy bush more times than one in those loose legged shorts! And told her as we were alone I didn't mind that one bit, But around my husband when he was home oh hell no!!!!! But a few days later after my husband had gone to work and I had set about cleaning the house, doing laundry, and such things that I noticed. ”“Talk to you about your daughter/wife? Suurrrre they do,” his Clan Queen said sarcastically. “So, why don’t you ask Ship if there are any dissenters? She sees and hears everything while the crews are aboard her, and she monitors their radio transmissions when they aren’t. If everyone is truly satisfied with her as their temporary Squadron Commander, then you’ll know. And if someone is pissed that they didn’t get the job, you’ll know that too.”“Hell, Babe, that’s setting the bar pretty high.. " Sure, Babe. But if it's that painful, maybe we should get Schneider to look at you. That bastard could have ripped you, and I'd rather be safe than sorry," Keira responded to Pete's request."Yeah, maybe I should, but The Doc's gone into town for the day. I called over there this morning, and that's what his wife told me. He won't be back much before suppertime by the sound of it," Pete shared the little information he'd gleaned."How about over on the grass by the old kiddie's playground?". ‘They’ll think it odd for two seconds till we jump on them and after that they just won’t care.’ She was right, of course. Sixty miles away, at Cambridge, Dr Laura Stone was concerned. Normally she enjoyed these afternoon tutorials, which allowed her to expound her ideas to a group of four or five bright young students and get their reactions. But today, two of the brightest, Elspeth and Kathryn, were lacking their usual intelligence and acuity. They had distant, dreamy smiles on their faces.