As Paul unlocked the lift-gate tail-gate latch, the doctor's scarcely concealed eagerness was put into words."Bring us another playmate, Paul?" he ask...d."Yes and no," was the confusing reply. "She's going to be my playmate, at least for a while. If I decide to keep her to myself longer than you can wait with only Betty and Heidi to amuse you, I'll help find you another new one." Like that, huh?" said the slightly disgruntled doctor. His expression revealed his disappointment, but he seemed to. I mean, the earth is constantly turning, right? What if I teleported and somehow managed to get tossed off the planet due to counter rotation or centrifugal force or some whacky shit like that? I didn’t want to end up a frozen cinder floating about among the jettisoned commodes and broken satellites out there, no sir. Yeah, it was a bit silly to be afraid of that, probably. But hey, I was still new at this whole crazy business. Suddenly, the day became deathly silent, interrupting my reverie.. I went into the living room and was surprised to see Stacey Nelson.“Stacey?”“We need to talk.”I instantly knew what it was about.“Let’s go out on the deck. It’s private,” I said.She followed me outside. I pointed to a chair, and she sat. I pulled one close to her.“I saw you the other day, standing in the foyer.”“Yeah, I was running an errand.”“I know. I asked about you. You can’t tell anyone you saw me! Please!”“I would never do that. I think we have the same boss. Nice old Italian guy?”Her. He has done a number of big businesses for me over the years, and I kind of feel obligated to him too."The conversation stopped. Conrad looked over to Joe, then back to Jenny. Jenny was humiliated. She did not want to be any part of this conversation. She did not want to be in the presence of her husband to see him humiliated by getting rejected by this man who held their future.Conrad looked from Joe over to Jenny. "Joe, why don't you go over to the bar and get a couple of drinks for us. I.