Humans weren't supposed to be able to survive for long without food or shelter, so Beatrice had to provide evidence that she had the fiscal means to s...rvive even though she'd long since completely exhausted her savings.Fortunately, Ecstasy was a colony that provided many opportunities for a girl like Beatrice to make a living and unlike most colonies, moons or planets within the Solar System these credits could be earned without the requirement to declare its source. The black economy thrived. A butler met me at the door and had the staff assembled in the front hall. After talking to them individually, I determined they had no useful information.I figured I'd better talk to Harland senior's widow, so the butler escorted me to the parlor and said he'd tell her I was here. I was checking out the wood and leather décor when Rosalie came breezing in. She'd been playing tennis and was all sweaty.She started talkin' a blue streak about how much she missed her 'cuddle bear' and why were the. What’yer think?”Yeah, thought Alan, that was considered, pretty much what I would do. He laughed and drained his can.“Sherry once had a crush on you, Drew” he grinned.“When?” Drew’s eyebrows raised.“Since she was about 9 and you started coming round to see me again after our little trial separation,” Alan admitted, “And she still says nice things about you whenever you come up in the conversation.”“When do I come up in the conversation, then?”“All the bloody time,” Alan grinned, as he clambered. She stopped at the fridge long enough for a bottle of Perrier, a glass of red wine and a bowl of fresh red strawberries before making her way to the bathroom and drawing a steamy hot bubble bath for herself.She smiled at her image in the mirror as the bath steamed and bubbles built, she could barely keep her hands off herself as she un-dressed, the insatiable urge for release had already started. She leaned back and drew up all of her hair in one movement and twirled it up to affix with a hair.