At least to Tony she had.With soapy rag in hand, Tony almost wished that she would carry through with the threat she'd made against him the week befor.... After all, even boarding school might be better than having to deal with her all the time. Sighing in self pity again, Tony started on her car. Stephanie waited until after Greg had gotten home and they all finished dinner before she was ready to try what she had planned. While the housekeeper was in the kitchen doing dishes, and Tony was. “I’ll meet you in the bedroom,” he said, as he turned to leave the room.“I never get tired of hearing you say that,” she purred seductively, then waved him goodbye as he walked out of the Medical Bay.Faye was up on the Bridge, sitting on the IntOps Console and staring at the Sector Map, but he could tell by the thousand-yard stare that she was thinking about something else entirely. John stepped out of the grav-tube onto the Command Deck, and when he spotted the purple sprite, he walked across. Nothing else made sense."Well if ever there was something to motivate people, motivate an entire country, the entire Earth, then surely this is it?" He thought to himself.He had been concerned in the past about the question of whether people would remain motivated to work and contribute to society without the introduction of a monetary system. He had considered whether the protestant, Presbyterian work ethic of the Scots was innate or something that had been developed due to the various things. From the tone of his messages it was clear that he was having at least as much difficulty concentrating as I was. I exchanged a few messages with Tony too. Predictably he was keen to know how Pete had taken the whole thing but I didn’t tell him any more than he needed for reassurance.Though both men now in some way owned my body, only my husband owned my soul.It felt really strange being in the normal environment of work all day, trying to appear the same outwardly when my personal life was.