"I smiled, appreciative of her devotion and commitment, "Actually," I said with admiration, "It was Roya and Sheel along with Treeya that convinced me...to come get you, although I must admit it didn't take much convincing." But..." She started to argue.I stopped her by placing my finger over her lips, "Shush, I have a plan," I told her softly, then I slowly slid my finger in a straight line down from her lips over her chin and along the top of her throat ending in a circle inside the deep. I told him that any people who wanted to stay were welcome to do so, but there was no more serfdom or slavery allowed within the city limits of Albany. Anybody who wanted to leave would be paid the CSA$20 for his house, but that offer was good for only two weeks. After that, anybody who left was out of luck as far as the bounty was concerned. I explained that every house in town would be visited this day by a delegation to explain the options.I told the mayor to go home, because he no longer. What was that about?" Oh, the usual," Rebecca replied airily, flipping her fingers at me."Is he really a girl, are you a dyke, what's it feel like to be alesbian ? the kinds of things girlfriends always talk about."I grimaced. "I'm sorry. I wish you didn't have to deal with all that."She turned to face me again, a soapy bowl in one rubber-gloved hand anda sponge in the other.She was oblivious to the small puddle of soapy water that was forming onthe floor under the bowl as she spoke. "You. "Mom," Andy said to Mary Ann, "do you feel the same way?" Yes and no," she said. "I understand totally what Sherry is saying. We've talked about it many times." But," Robert said, "if we were going to screw up our lives, haven't we done enough to do that already?" Yes, we have for sure!" I blurted out. "It's bad enough already! So what will it be like if we ... Mary Ann ... If you and I..."I couldn't even finish my sentence."If you have sex with us?" Andy said. "If you, our moms, have sex with.