They both poured themselves some whiskey and sat down at two comfy chairs with a small table between them, looking out at the planet below.Mark smiled...at Kaleb, “Same questions to you, contentions and improvements?”Kaleb smiled, “I like you ... there’s no beating around the bush. My biggest contention is similar to Brad and Mason’s, our research budget has been pretty much taken away, so we’ve been in a holding pattern for close to a century, otherwise we’ve been growing to match population.. Anybody want to take a bet?"It was only a few blocks to Bonnie's house on the edge of downtown. Roger parked the car out in front, and the three of them trooped up onto the porch. As Bonnie had expected there were a bunch of notes stuck to the inside door and the frame around it. They gathered them up, suspecting they were missing a few, and went inside to count them, even before they ran the heat up."Seventy-one," Bonnie announced the final tally. "He sure doesn't know how to take no for an. I ignored her and kept working on this new pattern. The key for linking the individual moves together was almost in my grasp. I worked on a particular element for longer than normal; before I came close to what I wanted. It still wasn't perfect, but it allowed me to link the separate elements together. This was going to take a lot of work to get right.I stopped after I was able to link each of the elements into one long series of moves. I collapsed into myself, starving. I was weaker than I had. "Hi lover. I'm sorry that I teased you so much this week but I wanted you to be ready for our big night. I think it's time that we took the next step in our relationship. Go to your bathroom and shower then join me in our bedroom. I'll be waiting. I love you with all my heart. Jennifer."Jimmy picked the device up again and looked at the little plus sign. Suddenly it dawned on him. "Oh my God," he said to himself. Jimmy practically ran to the bathroom, ripping his clothes off as he went. The.