Then, while the crowd surrounded and leered at me, Lily undid the buttons of my blouse. "Let's see those lovely breasts." She freed them from my bra a...d saw the deep red welts. "Oh, I see Sara's been busy." Yes," I said.A huge smile crossed my face. She squeezed my nipples, rolling them between her fingers.I glanced across the room to the couch where Madeline sat. She looked back with a wistful stare. Then, the tall man in the suit came, sat beside her, and put his arm around her shoulders. Her. They are wrong. Many of the events that would eventually shape both our destinies happened during this time.EventsThe world just never seems content to leave things alone. Just when you might allow yourself to feel things can continue nicely just as they are the pot gets stirred. That's what was happening now in the neighborhood where Lady Heather's stately house had stood peacefully for so many years now.While Lady Heather's is an institution now in its older, well-maintained neighborhood. "I said, your room or mine? You remember, I have that great bottle of wine I brought with me for us to share." Oh yeah. We could probably go to my room. I need to stay by the phone. One of my kids has been sick and I told my husband to call me if he needs to." OK. Your room it is."We arrived at the hotel entry. When I opened the door, the rush of warm air felt really wonderful. And I had the extra bonus of the smell of her hair being blown into my face. I was immediately intoxicated by her. This room was decorated like a bedroom owned by somebody wealthy, like you'd find in a mansion. Or a castle.She pulled me to the bed and we both sat down. She leaned in close to me, with her hand on the back of my head. Somehow reality finally kicked in, and I nervously stuttered out, "I... I... I've never been with a..." The words caught in my throat again.Spectra smiled again, a beautiful, perfect smile. "A bioroid?" she ventured. Well, that too, but it's not what I'd been thinking.