The ceiling, even though he couldn't See anyone, decided that John, the ever tricky, had brought someone with him. He instructed:The Great War had des...royed the people and culture of Cassandra. An exchange of artificial viruses had turned men into weaklings with very low sex drives. Worse, their bodies produced a protein that destroyed sperm with X chromosomes. The women had proteins that destroyed sperm with Y chromosomes. Many of the man and women were sterile since they were affected with. Shit. They’d asked the shopping centre for the CCTV. To keep their asses well covered, no doubt.I forced my mind to work that through.The video would show the damning attempt at disguise, the inexplicable minutes in the booth with each girl, one at a time, the boys pointing at the girls’ maybe not wearing anything under their coats ... then me shepherding my pupils away... That would be enough to bring in the police and their scene-of-crimes team: expertly grilling the girls, forensically. Jake’s home was always a lively place. He did not attend college like most of his friends, but since he had held down a good job the last few years, Jake was able to rent a very nice house. It was the preferred place of all parties. No neighbors behind paper-thin walls, plenty of room inside for moving about and there were even woods behind the house where couples would often venture for a bit of privacy. Seeing Kyle walk in, Jake figured it would only be a matter of time before he saw his best. “Yes. Are you OK with that?”“Nothing changed in that regard, Mike. Until I get out of here and get better, we won’t have much chance to work on our relationship and figure out where things are going.”“You’re sure, Jos?”“Yes. Remember our plan. We need to stick to it. Nothing important has changed. I’ll just be a Freshman when you’re a Sophomore. And I’ll STILL get done before you.”“You won’t be dating,” I said. “That’s changed.”“Maybe I’ll meet a handsome doctor who will sweep me off my.