His fingers comb through her hair then twist handfuls in tight grips. Like a hand in the pocket, they move as one. Stefan fills her with steady, quic...ening thrusts. The soft drag of her inner flesh against his hard length draws all of his blood to a decisive point. Sarah gasps into his mouth -- hot, wet breath spiced with an aching groan from her throat. She trembles in his embrace, her soft belly quivering against his, her breasts pressing against his chest. She lifts her head slightly,. .. / Punishment and rehabilitation... /He re-opened the infra-eye in the center of his forehead, receiving further data in surface-mode. The holo-wall of his cubicle paged slowly from one frame to the next, bringing him scenes of possible trouble from Sol-System's twenty-four orbital eco-rings. The Rectification Bureau itself was a self-contained structure, floating freely in space in a narrow elliptical path around the sun, deliberately not associating itself with any one ring.This incident. "When the inspector was finished, Shahia offered him a coffee, and they sat at the table. "Miss, I'm going to give your house a glowing report. You deserve it, and it will be true. Actually, your house is worth maybe thirty thousand more since last time I saw it." Chris and Shahia both looked at him with their mouths open. That much?!"Yeah, I think so. Of course, you only find out when you sell it."Shahia was shaking her head, trying to come to terms with that concept. Neither of them had ever. "Eric looked at me again, and asked if he could call me sometime, and Itold him yes. After Eric had left, I joined them in the restaurant, andboth Mom and Claire wanted a blow by blow account of what happened."I told him the truth Mom. He asked me if I was going to the Christmasdance at the school, and I told him no. Then he asked if he could callme!"Mom looked at me, and didn't know if I realized what had just happened."You know of course that he'll tell everyone don't you? All of yourfriends.