But I'd really like to date you.' I'm not an idiot, all evidence to the contrary. Still, when I asked her to marry me would probably have been a good ...ime. Hell, any time before we actually got married would have been a good time." Yeah," Jeanie admitted softly. "Which was worse, though? Was it that she was cheating or that she was cheating with her brother? I mean, cheating is bad enough ... but with her brother? I mean, that had to throw you for a loop." Would you get off that?" I snorted.. “You got me twice!”“I take it people don’t usually catch you out?”“No, they don’t. But you’re taking advantage of my caution because of your concern about dual relationships.”“Not fighting fair?”“And speaking of cursing, please don’t use that extremely offensive word.”“What?”“There is exactly one word which is banned from my house and that is the ‘f’ word. And it’s not ‘fuck’! In fact, I’m OK with Jesse saying ‘Fuck you!’ to me if he has good cause, which someday he will, but I am NOT OK with. " Hmm...you don't have a fever. This had better not be some elaborateexcuse to miss my dinner tomorrow night. Right?" She looked directlyinto my eyes and I felt frozen there, waiting for her to shout out whenshe saw I wasn't who she thought I was. Her eyes were locked on mine."No, you don't look good," she said. "Lie down Jen. Do you want tea?How about a bath?" Tea will be fine." I cinched up the robe and followed her into thekitchen. Strangely, there was some comfort in her presence. . ‘Who knows?’ said Petal. ‘It’s possible, I suppose. There must be some rationale for the huge cost and expense of this mission.’ ‘I take it that you’re not convinced about the value of this mission,’ said Sheila. ‘I’m not an expert in any one of the fields these scientists are engaged in,’ said the Chief Science Officer. ‘My mission objectives are much more concerned with administration than research. In any case, my doctorate in Mathematics is too abstract to be relevant for this mission. If.