“You didn’t say who the second was, but I think it is more than obvious,” laughed Rachel. “Yes, of course, but who will be number three?”“...’m not quite ready,” spoke up Mandy, “but I think Danni is.” She looked over at the tall black woman who had become her closest friend. “And, I think her skills would likely be more suited here rather than back on the ground.”Danni hugged her friend and spoke softly, “Yes, I’m more than ready, but I could wait if there was a better choice. Know this, though,. There was no toilet. There was no sink. Washing wasperformed using an endless loop of damp towelling that ran through aperpetual cleaning system. There was enough loose to reach everycrevice, but it was too strong to pull out. Toilet, well that was thehumiliating bit. A diaper was provided. It could be thrown away througha porthole that you had to reach up to, so impossible to sit on or get upto. Once the used diaper was dropped through the porthole a new one wasdropped onto the bed in. I saw when he blinked several times that his lashes were long and dark, it was if he was trying to pull himself out a daze. ‘Hmm?’ I prompted, savouring the sensation of my swollen lips even as I lifted one of my hands to rub gently over that stubble – and I’d never been a stubble woman. I felt his cool breath on my wet lips as I raised my eyes to his – felt his gaze penetrate deep and then as I was sure that he was about to answer a rough hand on my arm yanked me away from him and my eyes flew. Danny looked down thru his red rimmed eyes at the photocopied paper he held in his now almost numb hands. Until just recently, they had been trembling uncontrollably. Danny gripped the piece of paper in his hands as though his very life depended on it. He had rearranged the parcel contents just as he had found them, with the letter addressed by his wife's lover at the very top. He knew that's what she must be looking at this very moment. Danny put on his reading glasses and began reading the.