My fingers reached for the first of the remaining buttons on my dress. One by one, they popped open, and I slowly peeled the shoulders down, taking my...time, before letting the dress drop to the floor. I picked it up and put it on the seat behind me before doing a slow turn for my admirer, who was making very approving noises from his perch and showing signs of advancing on me.‘Do you like what you see?’ I asked innocently, well aware of the passion my thin lacy shift and tight drawers had. She saw Mr. Groves out and slid the bolt across then she set the percolator going and went upstairs to take a much needed shower.She slipped into a light summer dress and towelled her hair dry, then ran comb through it.Back in the kitchen she poured herself a coffee and sat down to read Mr. Wilson's letter.There was a nice little wad of cash inside as well and Debbie counted out one hundred and fifty pounds. She unfolded the sheet of paper and scanned the letter."Oh my!" she murmured softly as. Julie wouldn't say a word but she could have blown the doors off of Dale Earnhart getting to the comm shack.I was still wiping sleep out of my eyes as we entered the half-dark building. I could hear someone talking on the radio. As I walked around the corner I saw John and heard him say, "So you have 48 people there, right? Hold on, our base commander has just arrived. I'll put him on as soon as I brief him."I could tell John was excited and see that he was reluctant to put down the mike. He. She was hooked into a centralized computer network that kept track of the whole planet. The Network (which is the way everybody referred to it) had a lot of functions such as weather control, power, water, air flows in populated areas, making sure there were people assigned to all the tasks mankind felt needed to be done. The Network also kept track of all knowledge known to mankind. If I wanted information on anything, past or present, all I had to do was ask Library.Library worked in several.