Long after midnight Tracy and I made it into our bed and Kevin accepted the offer Tracy made to him to stay in the guest bedroom. “I want you close,...�� she said, in a sultry, seductive tone, “in case I need you during the night.” Apparently, at some time after we had retired, she felt that need. I awoke alone as the sun streamed through our windows and smiled to myself. I padded to the bathroom and saw the vision of my wife asleep in the guest room bed, her hair a wild tangle of curls and her. Arnovsky,” Holly said. “Does Master PC tell you if she’s sterile? For that matter, is she evil or just brainwashed?”“She could be both, you know,” Chuck said as he studied the readout. “Her readings show her loyalty to the compound is absolute all the way across. Good call to make her absolutely loyal to you, or you couldn’t have brought her here willingly.”“Is there good news?” Holly asked.“Yeah, hers is a good, old-fashioned brainwashing, like yours,” Chuck said. “No Master PC. I went in to Debenhams (a large department store) and after agreat deal of browsing (and an internal battle about whether to buy afeather boa or not) I was able to buy a lacy pink bra with matchingpanties, pink hold up stockings and a very sexy red nightie. Nobodychallenged me or took any notice of me. I browsed at my leisure andwithin an hour was rummaging through the bargain CDs in HMV. I stowed myclothing purchases in the bottom of my rucksack, but carried the smallHMV bag with the two CDs. ”I looked around. “And, of course, not using your offices for personal enrichment or to hide your own personal foibles from discovery, of course.” I was paying attention when I said that last, to see who had a really guilty conscience. “Or both.” That got one man’s pulse rate going. Considering how fat he was, I was surprised.“Oh, I’m sorry. Did that strike home a little too close for you, fat boy? Making money from your own personal connections, while using your government position to cover it.