It's amazing the number of people Martha knows and can call in favors from—she had me scheduled in for a complete examination at 2:00 o'clock tomorr...w afternoon. I hope I can wait that long for the news without exploding, but it's going to be a tough 22 hours. No, make that 21 hours and 53 minutes!That evening, it was hard to do, but I waited in the car with Martha while Phobos, Ajax and Nemesis went on patrol. I was in full uniform with my disguise over that, so I was plenty warm enough,. The other is in Bridgeport. They’re walk-in clinics that provide basic health services. It’s about as low-stress as any temporary doctor job could be. The other option would be ‘supply’ doctoring. Basically, you contract with a small community to cover for a sick or vacationing doctor either in private practice or at a small community hospital. I don’t think that is a good choice for Jessica, but it is an option.”“We want her close, Al,” I said. “Both Kara and I.”He nodded, “I know. I have one. My eyes traveled up the rest of Raul’s 5’6” naked body. His weathered skin and protruding gut didn’t match his nice muscular legs and arms. As my eyes reached his face, I could have sworn he was looking directly at me so I ducked down out of sight. A few moments later, I couldn’t restrain from taking a peek and had to look again, so I slowly peeked into the shed window again.He had climbed into the shower with the shower curtain halfway open. I could see the water running all over his older. “Can I admit that I’m nervous, Ray?”“Why are you nervous?”“I haven’t been dressing long and I’ve never…”“You’ve never… what?”“I’ve sucked, but I’ve never…”“You’ve never what?”She looked down and her face broke into a deep, red ember.“You know.”I took her hand and placed it on my basket.“Is this what you want?”Our conversation was interrupted by the waitress who returned with our order. She slid her hand away when I reached into my pocket and pulled out two twenties.“Keep it.”The waitress smiled.