And unless Sam and Brenda have a cloning machine in development, we’re going to need a third person in the area.”I nodded, “Cèlia raised that c...ncern with Cindi, and we’ve discussed several options. The one that works best, at least as far as we can see, is putting someone in Philadelphia. That lets them cover Pittsburgh, Boston, and New York, as well as stops you or John from having to go to Philadelphia as happens occasionally now.”“When could that happen?”“We’re thinking January 1st, based. They must be working somewhere close by as they were both out having a cigarette. I was still not old enough to have one, but I went and asked for one anyway. One gave me a look up and down and smiled – he knew my age. The other asked my age and I lied, telling him I was old enough. He offered me a light and we smoked a few drags together.I told them that I had heard what they had said about me the day before, and I was offended by it. But I asked them why they had said it, and the one who gave. Our breathing getting harder and faster. He lowered his mouth, kissing lightly across my chest, moving over to my shoulder where his teeth found the strap to my bra. He gripped it in his mouth and slowly lowered it down my arm. ‘I love you’ I whispered. He looked up at me, ‘I love you too’ he said back. Then he kissed across my chest again, moving to the other strap to my bra. His mouth again closed around it, tugging it down my arm. The bra soon joined my shirt on the floor. His hands came up. "Easier to care for. And she'll be a cutie, still."I thought about that. Yep! Tina was right. Terri's flowing blonde tresses were beautiful when they were carefully brushed out, but they were attached to a seven year old who didn't know the meaning of 'slow down' most of the time, and I knew what it was like fighting to brush out the tangles. "I'll leave hair styles to you two and Susan." Nine-thirty was bed-time. There was a twinge of regret in my mind (and elsewhere) as I remembered that.