She was toying with me. I hated it, and I loved it. She spoke again, looking at me with sex in her eyes, "Are you going to get them?" was all she said...In a trance, I nodded.A couple hours later my wife and I were headed down to the hotel lobby. Vanessa looked absolutely divine in a tightly fitted green dress, her brown hair cascading down to her shoulders. She was glowing with sexual energy. As for myself, I was filled with a more nervous energy. I was enamored with my wife's condom teasing. "I removed my hand and grinned wolfishly at her. Unlike most women, sherefused to be intimidated by me."And don't get any ideas about having someone watch us from theEnterprise with your Tantalus device," she said, holding up her rightarm to draw my attention to an unremarkable looking wristband she waswearing. "When I sold it to you I held this back for myself. It blocksthe device." Very cautious of you," I said, "but unnecessary. No one is watching."This was a lie. I had instructed my. Things were going well. Then it happened. Cindy’s past finally caught up with her. At one of the other tables sat a couple of the librarians from OCLC. They noticed the two of us together and we could tell they were discussing our possibilities. Suddenly one of the librarians got up and walked over to our table. “You two enjoying this lovely afternoon?” she asked as what I assumed to be an “ice breaker.” “We certainly are. How about you and … uh…” “Oh, sorry. We haven’t met yet. I’m Phyllis. I. “So how ‘bout it, Lady?” the man with the gun said. “Any truth to what yer old man says, huh?”Tanya remained silent, sitting perfectly still.“What’s the matter? Can’t she talk?” the guy asked, starting to become confused.Suddenly Frank realized what Tanya was doing. She was kneeling with her legs wide open, a stance they had both laughed hilariously over while reading a old, worn-out paperback about an iron-age slave culture on an alternate earth. Her hands were crossed in front of her stomach.