Climbing out she looked at him, ‘Before we go up, do you smoke?’ ‘No’ ‘Good because I don’t allow anyone to smoke in my place. I don’t o...n that much and I don’t want it to smell like it has been through a fire.’ As they started climbing the stairs she stopped without turning and said, ‘He thought that it was too much responsibility so he jetted with a new girlfriend who was not pregnant. Then my mom found out and kicked me to the curb because a baby would cramp her style.’ ‘Don’t you date?’ he. I tried not to hurt the woman, treating her just as I would a child. Having no idea of what her internal anatomy was like, I had to guess at how much force to exert with my compressions of her chest and how much air she needed to take in. I just did what I thought was best. Thankfully it worked. The woman was breathing after a few minutes and I was able to find a weak pulse in her neck. By that time Melody and Helena were with me. I left when they took over.I found that Vicky had taken charge. No need to get upset.”She looked up at me with puffy eyes, but no actual tears. “You’re not, like… weirded out?”“No! Absolutely not!” I insisted, “Please don’t tell me you’ve been struggling with this, afraid to tell us?”She sighed again. “No. I don’t know. Maybe? I just didn’t want you guys to think of me differently.”“Don’t be ridiculous,” Courtney said, and to my relief she was being sincere, “Why would we care?”“I don’t know. It’s just, like… new information. I didn’t want things to be. "I sat back stunned at what I had just heard. Wes was sitting across from me and had heard both sides of the conversation. He said, "You gotta call Steve. This is a big deal and Boeing will think we're holding back on them. We haven't been all that restrictive, but I know you aren't ready to give all of your code to date away."I called Steve, "Hey, Steve; we have a little problem that you need to hear from the beginning. Can you come by?"Steve said, "I could, but I'm in Canada checking out our.