"I was passed out on the couch most of the time," I answered him. "I don't think so." You mean to tell me that there is a possibility that my wife beh...ved like a cheap harlot?" he barked at me.I let him rant and rave for a while before I stopped him."Karl, is there any reason why you did not compliment me on my looks last night? Everyone else did."He opened his mouth but there was no sound. He could not think of a good answer. So I continued,"From now on your wife will wear nice clothes, she. He just smiled shyly back at me and started to sit across from me. "Sit over here, next to me," I said.He just stood there and didn't move."I know you're married, but don't worry, so am I," I lied. I wave my arm and Darryl came over. "This is my husband Darryl," I said. They shook hands and Chris sat down as Darryl returned to what he'd been doing.Once Chris saw that he was in relatively safe hands, he relaxed a bit and we had a great conversation. We talked about a lot of things including the. I opened my eyes and looked down.I couldn't believe what I saw.He paraphrased me " I would love to have the opportunity to take offthat top and enjoy what is inside it. And those beautiful bottoms too." wasn't that what you said?" I heard you admit that you wanted to see a bit more of me" And you admitted to me that you really wanted a bit more of me" "You'dbetter believeit" " Wasn't that exactly what you said?"I started to open my mouth but the sounds were not mine. "But I. " Shit," Dave muttered."Could you rig the probe to self-destruct?" Evie asked before she took time to completely consider her idea.The AI responded somewhat smugly. "Grains of sand do not self-destruct. The destruction would deliver sufficient data to the aliens for them to assume someone was spying on them, and then the logic about Earth would follow."There was quiet for a time before the AI continued. "You are the commanders. How shall we proceed?"The RetreatWell into the afternoon, Selina.