." Rhonda starts to answer but Tim cuts her off."No, Paul's right. This is a lot to absorb." Both women look at Tim expectantly. "We're here for three...more days," he leans forward to make his point. "I suggest we table this discussion until Saturday. It'll give us time to think about everything." Tim notes the disappointment on the women's faces, like they were ready for Paul's naked hot tub idea."What's going to change between now and Saturday?" Sharon asks."Well, we have three more nights. I. Like being able to wake up five minutes before you were due to be at work. 'It wasn't even supposed to be my shift', he thought, staring at the first order of the day written on a small scrap of paper. The feeling that something was wrong was magnified by the unusual order, from that girl in the corner. Why would one person order two lattes? It didn't seem right to him and he caught himself checking if he definitely read it right on the check. He poured the order into two glasses, arranging. Every other morning, we would take a bath before our usual shower andshave one another. Since that day, I have worn nothing but panties, andneither of us has allowed our body hair to regrow.-----*****-----Early one afternoon the following spring, Barbara and I had justarrived at the apartment from class. As we checked the messages on ouranswering machine, I was pleased to find that we had had a call from mymother who had just returned from an extended trip to Africa and theMiddle East. In her. They can stay in our suite aboard Ship. Ship said she could easily expand as necessary. She still insists that she will be the safest place once the attack is underway. Come to think of it, I’m going to tell Diana to start moving the family aboard now. We have duplicates of everything we need aboard, anyway, so all we have to do is get everyone moved and settled in with the animals.”“Good,” Arlene said with emphasis. “We either all win, or we all lose. That way I don’t have to worry about.