I hadn't heard that Tom Benson was going through a divorce."Carl put a forkful of eggs in his mouth. He chewed and swallowed the mouthful before answe...ing."Yep, this one is going to get in the papers. She claims that Tom beat her and raped her daughter. She said that his main problem is that he's a drunk and he also has a severe gambling habit."I couldn't believe what was in the report, "How old is the daughter?" About twenty," Carl said, "Pretty as a picture too."I looked for Carl's reaction. To take a breather, I activated the Watch on my wrist while Linda was in mid-thrust, freezing the world around me. Once done, I carefully pushed Linda off of me - propping her up, and freeing my face from the soft flesh of her chest. I eased my way out from under my wife; I was now used to the way that she smoothly compensated for my absence, frozen in the position of riding a phantom person.I moved around so that I could see her face more clearly; Linda’s eyes were screwed tightly shut, her. She’s pregnant ... with my baby.”“I don’t see what that’s a big deal. Scientists have been doing artificial insemination for decades, well before the war, and well as embryonic implants.”“You miss the point, Jack. No males involved. Take all of the original DNA from a male sperm, so it’s completely empty, then replace it with the DNA from my own egg. Then the sperm with my DNA in it can fertilize the harvested egg normally, then be implanted onto the uterine wall, allowing the child to grow. .. what's your name?" She read it off his breast tag, "Slocum? J. Slocum? Joshua? Josh ... you are in so much trouble ... They'll probably make you a Lieutenant Commander."She thumbed the microphone, "A Lieutenant, Joshua Slocum is the guilty party. He's aide de camp to an admiral ... I don't know which one. How many ships did he sink?" Three, all three patrol boats ... what the hell were those things?" There was a bit of static and the base radioman said, "Three boats, six aircraft at the.