" He SOUNDED serious, but the laughter in the background gave him away."Am I to assume that congratulations are in order? Or condolences." Then you kn...w. And didn't WARN me?" Under pain of everything that my wife could do to me? I know what side MY bread is buttered on." Speaking of buttered bread, have you had lunch yet?" No, we were gonna stop in a bit." Well, eat light. In honor of this occasion, I'm doin' steaks this evening at the house."Susan's turn:I brought Jason to church on Sunday. I dressed in my normal uniform ratherthan the super sexy teasing outfit of yesterday, at least it made me feelmore normal, if there was such a thing. The bra didn't fit me anymorewith these damn boobs and I was tempted to go without, but as time wasgoing on I just went with the old one until I had more time to sort itout.By the time that they came down to breakfast, I had it all laid out inthe dining room ready for them. Hazel rushed a bowl of cereal, she saidthat she had early meetings and was. Wei took a step forward and said, "We weren't sure how you would react, Steve. We weren't even supposed to be capable of getting pregnant, but it seems there is yet more for science to learn about the human body. I am pregnant."She stood with head bowed as if awaiting punishment. "This will cause problems for your security. If you so order, I will have the fetus aborted."I pulled her face up to mine with a finger crooked under her chin, "You will do no such thing! Do we know yet who the father. Desire, how long, he asks himself, has it been since he desired love from anyone?And there’s the young woman’s voice in his head, continuous in private conversation, without revealing her name or her circumstances. ‘No,’ Ferdinando tells himself, ‘I must take care, something here isn’t right, isn’t right at all.’He had released young Benjamin fforde on his own cognisance two days ago, and sent him with Jones by his coach to the nearest respectable inn, The Lamb by Swainley market, while sending.