He wasn’t feeling like Venus, and Mars was out of the question. The next closest place this time of the cycle was Earth. ‘What a shithole,’ Max ...aid to himself. He still had to get to Mars to go through the gates, but he didn’t think the government would find him in the time it took to get through. Max leaned down and one-fingered the keypad and a small rectangle of static popped up in his head’s up display. He pulled the trigger on his right control stick and the channel changed. He stopped. As she started to doze off from the extreme level of comfort, she said a prayer of thanks. She also pictured the young woman’s perfect, shaved body in her head, as she gazed down at her nearly glowing thighs that she had at some point exposed with her skirt almost all the way to her groin. Just before she lost consciousness, she thought she heard the nearly passed out little Dezzy whisper under her breath, “I think I want you, too.” Was it a dream? She had no idea. After the warmest, most. ’ ‘We’ll be in a lot more trouble if she bleeds to death.’ the cool male voice responded angrily. ‘Make the call or I will.’ he commanded. Julie became aware of someone kneeling beside the bed. She felt a cool hand gently on her face. ‘Can you hear me Julie?’ he asked quietly. ‘Can you speak? If you can’t, just move your head or nod.’ Julie could hear the detached, cool, calm voice. She felt safer. She moved her head toward the voice and saw Sam, one of her classmates. ‘Sam to the rescue’ she. ”“You have a boyfriend? Who is he? Do I know him?”“Yes you know him, but I can’t tell you right now sorry.”“Why not?”“You will find out soon so be patient.”I was quiet for a while, I was mad that she had a boyfriend, maybe I was jealous of him. “okay so what are we having?” I asked.“Your favorite, shrimp, brown rice, potatoes and gravy, Are you hungry now?”“I’m very hungry.”“Good I have something under the table for you to eat so get busy.”I looked at her, then I smiled and got under the table.