She started crying and sobbing softly. What was wrong? Did he say the wrong thing? Hob was thought, confused. After a long time she stopped crying an... he parted the hug, searching her face for an answer. Her tear streaked face was aglow with happiness. ‘Jill. I love you,’ Hob spoke as her face seemed to radiate light and joy. ‘Oh Hob,I love you too,’ she replied and squeezed his hands but then she got quiet and looked down in a shy mannerism that endeared her to me. ‘Hob, I know that you. .” Somehow, he was at a loss to come up with anything more coherent.“Oh, don’t worry, Brigadier. There’s no question of wanting to get rid of you. It’s just that your current job title is no longer appropriate. The question is whether you would be willing to consider a change.”He hesitated, but spoke, “Andromeda, I have become accustomed to this situation and have no wish to move on. What are you suggesting?”“Are you willing to transfer from Exploration and Colonisation Command, and the United. She would probably have gone along with sharing me with another woman. But I decided I wanted Bev and only Bev and vowed that to her, unsolicited.I felt like I was being forced to become an Alfie or one of the stud stallions or, heaven forbid, Jimmy.But then I took a look at it. I had been given a tremendous gift. I could have been obliterated along with 99.99999% of the people on this planet but I wasn't. Instead, I was beefed up, enhanced, made better than any mortal that had lived on this. She was My age. It was Her panties! Daddy, His friend and the girl slept in one bed and Sharlee and Me slept together, in another room. The Men tried to keep the girl quiet, but She was Young and Willing to be taught 'special' things when Her Daddy shared Her with each of His friends on the weekends. She liked to giggle, I know that!Anyway, I looked up and down the hall and quickly closed the drawer and never looked again! I was affraid I was doing something wrong, I guess. I never forgot that.