" The Daughters?" TJ strangled as the news sank into his forebrain."Yes" Ivy said absentmindedly, "they haven't made up their minds if they want to tu...e or go natural. They'll have to make up their minds soon though or it will be too late for tubing."TJ's wide eyed startled moan was lost in Morg's howls' of mirth — Morg always was only too ready to laugh at his friend's discomfort particularly when his pheromones were involved — the Comminantes had not been cursed with that source of GenEng. But you were wearing this around your neck." He held up a gold necklace. On it was a name, spelled out in cursive: Rose."Rose," she thought, like a drowning woman to a life preserver. "My name is Rose."He put the chain around her neck. "Let's get you reunited with your friend," said Dr. Phillips, as he disconnected her from the heart monitor and IV.An orderly entered the room, undid the brakes on her bed, and pushed her out of the room, and down the hall. Even before she could see who she was. “Lie down there,” she said. When I spent a second thinking about it she added, “Don’t you trust me?”“On my back?” I asked, and she smiled down at me. Her comfortable, rather roly-poly little body was an odd vessel to contain the wonderfulness of her mind and her personality. Her pubic hair billowed, announcing the imminence of hidden treasure.I lay on my back and watched with fascination as she stood over me and steadily crouched down as she had before on the bed until her bits were right above. Do you want me to tell you, Chloe?"Not really, no, but she couldn't resist. Chloe fatalistically asked, "Why?" If you'd listened to Julia and me when we first started talking to you, and had immediately done what we wanted - like Diana was doing a few minutes ago - then you'd be getting a big check this evening." That wasn't my point, but I hadn't been able to resist rubbing it in. "The reason you didn't think about me enough, is because every time we talked to you, the ONLY thing you could.