I have no opinion as to the safety of your person during the time you will spend there," he said."Well, they want me to do seven days worth of shows. ... expect we'll be safe enough until the last one is over, unless I stink up the joint. After that it'll be trust them to do the right thing unless you can come up with some overwhelming force at long distance Charlie," I said."Please give me a few minutes to survey the details of the venue," he said, and fell silent.The rest of us just looked at. "That's impossible. He can't make that kind of promise, and you can't agree to allow it!"Ensign Marakova reached out and put a hand on Beatrice's right arm. Ashley's mother turned to look at the young Confederacy officer. "Ma'am," Ensign Marakova said quietly. "It would be best if we sat down and talked about this." What is there to talk about? My daughter just said something completely unacceptable," Ashley's mother snapped."Mark, stop her," Ashley whimpered into my back. "Please, make her. I even logged an official report at the station for all that was worth. Alex’s disappearance was what finally pushed me over the edge.***The place my target spent most of his time was a pretty up-class establishment. One of those bars you might expect lawyers or money managers to hang out, all mahogany and brass and crystal. Quiet jazzy music, not the pounding beat of the clubs, was playing. Alex had dragged me to a bunch of boutiques for clothes a couple weeks ago for our night on the town.. There was so much tension in the room."Robert!" my mom snapped, and we both nearly jumped with fear that someone had spoken up."Do you have any girlfriends?" He seemed shocked, laughed a nervous laugh, glanced at Barbara, and said no. After a little pause mom asked "Have either of you boys ever seen a naked woman - outside of a magazine?"Looking down, nervously we said no. Mom then picked up the remote, turned off the set, turned to Barbara and said "I think it's time these two saw a real naked.