"See, I know you're kidding, but the sad thing is there is a large contingent of our elected officials that would just love for that to happen. And th... truly frightening thing is, you would be perfect for what they have in mind." I'd never go along with what they want." I know that... and I believe that they are just beginning to realize it as well. Which means there are going to be a lot of people not too happy to see you take over from me." Yeah. Ain't it great to be popular?" It may be. Mister Tam said they had expected us to arrive three days ago so there would be plenty of time to make any final arrangements that may be necessary, and the wedding was scheduled for five days after we actually arrived.During the next four days, the Tam family, Carla, and Andy were busy finalizing everything that had to be done before the wedding. Carla had brought the wedding gown that she had worn on Earth with her. The Tam family, especially the women, and my folks thought it was gorgeous.. She really is.”Clarissa took my hand and said, “Let’s get a drink.”As we walked to the bar I asked, “Did they just blank you because of me? ‘Cause if you’d—”“Don’t even suggest it, Paul Robertson. You are my date and if those two don’t like it, then tough. Actually, I think that was more to do with my snubbing Tom than to do with you specifically.”“Tom who?”“Tom Chapman.”I gave her a blank look. “You said that name as if it should mean something to me.”“He’s George Chapman’s son.”My expression. Roger was about 5’ 9”, 180 pounds, brown hair, and a short beard. Helen doesn’t have a massage table so he went into his bedroom, stripped and lied face down on the bed. We entered the room; Helen put on music and dimmed the lights.Helen and I got down to our underwear and she stood to his right beside the bed while I got on the bed to his left. I have some experience giving massage and have gotten thousands of them so I had a good idea about what to do. We applied oil and started on his.