Petey followed me and while I was pulling the towels out he shoved his head under the hem of my robe. I was startled when I felt his cold nose on the ...ack of my thighs as he began sniffing me. This was something he’d never done before. I quickly straightened up and pushed his head away.I also recall yelling, “Stop, bad dog, go away!”He backed off, but not far. Turned out Petey was a persistent bastard, and once on the trail wasn’t going to give up easily. As I said, he had never acted this way. Merely sitting there alone, feeling like the only one in the world was intensely gratifying. I took my time eating, savoring each moment. From time to time, a bird would swoop close over me or a chipmunk run up to me, discovering I was a living and breathing thing.Lunch complete, I adjusted my pack to make a small cushion, then closed my eyes for a quick nap of maybe twenty minutes or so. After a few minutes, I was brought back to consciousness by the sounds of splashing water. Waking from my. Cord should close his lab as Nancy had done and stand by in case the Board wanted him to appear in person. Then they adjourned for a late lunch."Are you okay?" Cord asked Marybelle, still laid out on the table like some kind of corpse.Eyes closed, she nodded and murmured. "Go on. I'll be all right."The men left and the lab fell silent.Marybelle was temporarily exhausted physically, but her mind was busy at work. She'd heard all that Nelson had said about the sex robot.Now, she yawned and sat. It was Paula’s night, and I was thinking it was ‘way past time for Paula to get pregnant. If she had another baby, she might back off from Amy and give her room to grow. The door opened and Paula came in. Surprisingly, she had Amy in tow. Both of them were wearing baby-doll nighties, itself an odd occurrence. I had expected Amy to be upstairs in her own bed by now. They really were a pair, both with wiry red hair and that pale, freckly complexion, as well as the normal resemblance between.