"I've got the con," he said automatically."Brett's got the con," said Mandall, who was operating the helm at the moment although there was really noth...ng to con since they were in a stable orbit and weren't maneuvering.Sugi drifted over to his own chair at the detection console, relieving the junior crewmember who had been training on it. The junior crewmember was then allowed to return to below decks to get a little sleep."Nothing out there yet?" asked Brett once Sugi was strapped in and tuned. And so was I. Exhausted andsatisfied I crawled back into bed. I woke the next morning wondering itwhat I thought I heard Beth and Trish doing was just a dream. Beth's carwas gone and when Trish came over for our usual Saturday coffee, she nevermentioned what happened the night before. Back at work on Monday Beth waswearing an unusually short skirt. I couldn't tell if she was wearingpanties. I wanted to believe she had followed Trish's orders. I found theconcept very exciting. But neither woman. I arrived at her mother’s at house around lunch time, it was a fairly hot day and Lisa had told me about the new hot tub which her Mum had placed in to the summer house; which I was dying to try. After arriving and unpacking my suit case Joanna called up to me “Jenny the hot tubs ready when you are I will meet you there.” After rushing the last few things into the draw I changed into my bikini and went downstairs to the hot tub. I gently tapped on the door and Joanna replied “come on in” so I. A fat lot of good the new love of my life was, in my moment of greatestneed he had gone over to the enemy. "Maria!" I hissed. "I can't do theflamenco!" Trust me." And she took another three steps, dropped my hand and as shesashayed away she whispered. "Spin your way after me and stop beneath theband's rostrum."I looked back at John but he just smiled and nodded, then I lookedtowards Peter who was standing there giving me that challenging, haughtylook and something stirred inside me, I hadn't.