It was taking a superhuman effort of self-control for the Captain not to ravish her straightaway, having had her naked form parading before him for th... last two days, he was more than ready to take full advantage of it. He did not want to frighten her, though, at least, not yet. ‘What do you understand of my intentions for this night, Kitty?’ he asked softly, having to look away from her rosily erect nipples with some force. ‘You will make me your mistress,’ she whispered. ‘But do you know what. " Tears ran down his cheeks, "Please forgive me." Jimmy honey, everybody gets doubts once in a while. Now will you please continue?" She began to relax inside."Well, anyway, you remember the baby did not come when we figured it should have come." He let out a loud bellow of a laugh that scared the dogs. "That's because she wasn't in you until almost a month later."He laughed again and continued, "You missed your time of month for a different reason, but you were not pregnant when we thought you. World government was almost fully established, and it was running pretty well. There were a few holdouts, but I didn't thing they would last another 10 years.Of course, I did not rule the galaxy. That would have been impossible, even if I had wanted to do that. You would literally have to be crazy to try for that; there were over 20 billion different races in the galaxy, and only about half of them were oxygen breathers. The sheer red tape involved in trying to govern such a diverse group would. "She turned to Igwanda. "Carlos, this meeting is yours. We promise to listen."Igwanda rose. For a moment he stood silent. No, dammit Carlos, don't just 'surveille' them, talk to them, they aren't the enemy, she thought. But then he spoke and his timing, she saw, was right."Thank you, Amanda," he said, turning and bowing slightly. "But I must correct you to begin; it is not you, nor any of you"—he turned back toward the floor—"who need apologize to me, it is I who owe the apology. I have.