Greene each took an arm. Laine readied the crutches."Just one," the older lady said. "She can't use the right arm."They lifted her to her feet, and ...aine moved in. Quiz got the crutchunder her arm. "Ow!" she complained as the pad and stilt pinched theedge of her breast. She was wearing the hospital gown with no bra.Laine saw her face. "Your clothes," she said, taking a bag from thehandles of the wheelchair. "And the rest of your stuff."Quiz's cheeks burned, but she assured herself the. “We’re glad you could make it.”“Why wouldn’t I?” she answered as Betty and Xi welcomed her with warm embraces, “when I have not just one, but three interested suitors after given up on relationships a long time ago. Besides, I wasn’t up all hours of the night, completely revamping the entire ship’s power supply.”“We can’t sneak anything by you, can we? We were hoping most of those aboard wouldn’t notice if we did it in the middle of the night.”“You forget who you’re talking to,” she countered.. The panicked look on my face surely gave her the answer. All I could think was, How could she know? Did I not tuck in my shirt properly? For years I have been very careful to make sure my hose was not in any way visible. "No," I half-laughed nervously."Oh," she said. "It's just that after pulling up my own sagging stockings earlier today, I saw you do exactly the same action just a few minutes ago." Fuck, I thought, and I could feel my face going red. "I saw you grab at your trousers and pull. And, that night, he made me to sleep in a guest room in his house. In the middle of the night I woke up to hear voices.‘Why are you so adamant? I should’ve left you to rot on the streets.’‘Listen, if you want a child, why don’t you try yourself?’‘Hey, don’t repeat all those nonsense. I’m resolved to achieve my goal with this boy.’‘But he is only a kid and I’m afraid to loot innocence.’‘Come on, he is already 20. Once you had a look at his growth, you’d come to know.’‘No I don’t want to.’‘Look,.