Team that with women's superiority in being discrete and the fact that she could assuage her conscience somewhat knowing her lovers were female, and R...nee had now become quite comfortable in having women provide the eroticism and physical release she wanted. Martin had discovered her affairs but when she then confronted him with a choice, her and the lovers or nothing, he backed down, especially when she promised discretion. The secret had been theirs ever since."What about Rio?" he asked.. The kind of whatever that…’ A knock on the door interrupted whatever he was going to say, and he opened it to find Annie smiling up at him. ‘Sorry to interrupt you two, but I have some errands to run, and since you were so nice to invite us out tonight, I’ll be gone a while, taking the kids to my mom’s. I don’t know for sure what time I’ll be back, feel free to fix something to eat, watch television, whatever comes to mind…’ The smile turned knowing as she shifted her gaze back and forth. He remembered Karith's scream of pain. Wait! He remembered Karith's scream of pain! He searched for the bond between them and almost could not find it because it was barely there, but it was there. He followed it to Karith and felt nothing, no response. He sent power down the link wrapped in love and comfort and still felt no response. Something must have happened to her."I need to get up," Mann declared as he tried to rise and fell back down weakly. "Caledor, give me strength!"Everyone in the. She snuggles up in his arms, and they fall asleep. The next morning, he’s up early. When she wakes up, he’s already dressing, talking into his cellular phone. ‘Uh-huh? I see. And what about Biocomp? 2 up? Wide Calc? Shit!’ So he’s a stockbroker? She gets out of bed, yawning. He throws her a glance, smiles, and goes back to his important phone call. ‘What about Okapi? Yes, I know it’s not out yet, but you have to have an idea of where it’s heading? Uh-huh…? Yes. Yes. Of course not!’ She pulls a.