“Isotopes,” Zuri said, coming to a stop in front of me.“Huh?”“Isotopes,” she repeated, her smirk turning into a triumphant grin. “In the...water.”I shook my head. “I don’t follow.” Standing up, I brushed away the last of the curled pink wood shavings that still clung to my skin.Surviving Longshot’s launch half-uprooted, the lone western red cedar at the outcrop’s peak that had served as our family’s lean-to shelter for more than a decade had finally succumbed to its fate, felled by a brief but. How could Marci or Helen behappy that they went back on their belief that everyone who wants helpdeserved it?Marci looked at Helen and they both nodded, they knew what the other wasthinking. Doug said, "Wait, Cindy. We are sorry we lashed out at you forhow much your betrayal hurt us and damaged our relationship. What we sawas revenge was nothing more than trying to hurt you. If we kept on sayingit was revenge, it would not change the fact of what it really was.It would be our pleasure for you. ”“I feel the same way, but I thought that it was best to try and gauge your interest in such a relationship. For all I knew, you may have been loyal to a fault to your wife, or you may have preferred women who are dumb and easy.” She kissed him, longer this time, before making a little proposal to him. “Seeing as how we are in such a relationship now, I have a proposition for you.”He was instantly intrigued.“Which is?"“I know that the project you’re working on is going to be tested soon in. Though I guess that the first time is easier on men than it is on women."I ate a small breakfast, but Tommy stowed the food away like he was never going to get another bite. Where in the world does he put all of that stuff that he swallows? I think that Mom was a little surprised, too, at the amount of breakfast that he ate, though she did not say anything about it.Tommy stayed around a little while longer, but he finally gathered up his stuff and headed home. He said that he was going to catch.