“That feels bloody wonderful.”“I don’t want you to go home with a boner like that being wasted. Come on back up.”I shoot out of the car like...a cannon going off. I assume I am to go too.Inside her apartment, she leads us into her bedroom. The three of us undress. She lies on her back on the bed and pats the space beside her for us to join her, one on each side. She takes hold of Paul’s semi. She manoeuvres him onto his back and lowers her head onto Paul’s chest.“Bobby, please do your finger. The stew came out just the way I wanted andwould be even better after a couple of days aging. Dishes like thisalways taste better when given time for the different flavors to blendtogether. After dinner, I portioned out enough for lunch and stored itin the refrigerator in a plastic container. Everything was set.Monday morning found me at the job site, headed for engineering, but mythoughts were elsewhere. I just couldn?t get that stunning woman?s imageout of my mind. I really had to force. That time my trainer fixed my time results and I became a good backstroke swimmer. The national swimming team thought me as a secret reserve in an emergency case, such as two better backstroke swimmers would get illness or would suffer accident I would be the substitute candidate in the medley relay swimming at World Championships or Olympics Games. My trainer arranged the extension of my scholarship and I gave it up to become a Surgeon. I changed my direction to become a biologist. I learned. Even then, reporting one killed in an accident a child would not believe was a terrible error of judgement.”“There is no restitution we could make to remain independent?” the leader asked.“None, this was a betrayal of our treaty with the Empire that they cannot and will not forgive. They sent David here without a bodyguard because they trusted us. We betrayed that trust totally when the Conclave took it upon themselves to kidnap him and lied to them about his demise.”At this point a serving.