That was a looong time ago." I can't remember your name, though. Introduce me to your friend, Barry." Tracy, this is Jessica. You said you'd already m...t her." Yeah ... Now I remember ... Y'all used to party pretty hard," she addressed Jess. "Uh ... I heard that Barry was dating one of Megan's friends..." Yeah ... that's kinda true," Jess answered, swinging our clasped hands in a not too subtle display."Another in a long line for you, ain't it, Jessica?" Tracy jabbed. I know the woman has a. ' She let go of me and I retreated, feeling pleased.When I got back to my room Trudi was lounging in an armchair leafing through a book. She looked up as I entered.'I had to something to get your attention. When you focus you focus, don't you? I could be walking round the house stark naked with a rose between my teeth and you'd still nod vaguely and be absent-mindedly polite. I don't know why I'm not offended. Come and give me a kiss.' It seemed to be kiss day so I did as I was told and flopped. What other female indeed? It must have taken hours to discover the lock on that door and work it open. And she would have had to work in complete silence, too. Her father was sleeping less than a few yards away.But something in her persisted in the belief that another human had freed that great furry ape. Or was it that she didn't want to believe Juko had a mate?Was she even a little bit jealous of his mate? Impossible! She thought, spitting the thought out of her mouth and then letting out a. There's a lot of complex machinery attached to it and a computer readout that says, "Clone revival complete."That's when it hits you. You're in crazy Uncle Leroy's survival compound, in the bunker he built specially for you. It included a machine that was supposed to make a clone of you (complete with all the memories you had the last time you checked in at Leroy's compound), if you ever died or failed to check in after 30 days. Leroy called it the ultimate life insurance policy. You thought it.