But... oh, gee, I don't know. I must still love him, although I don't see how I could. But Mom--you don't have to take any more of it. He has no right...to make you do things like the other night. If you want to pull out of it I don't blame you. Maybe I will too, a little later. But for some reason I just can't do it yet..."Carol stared unseeingly out the kitchen window as she took a sip of the barely warm coffee. "Well, if that's the way you feel, I'll stay with you. If I left he could use it as. ”Har-Hi pointed at his wrist unit.“We should be close to Thana Shoo. You know you going to be the first Non-Dai ever to come here and perhaps even see the Pale Ones.”“I am sure I don’t fathom the gravity of that, but I will be glad when we are done with all of this. I had about all the vacation I can handle.”The Tar had summoned his most trusted Chieftains, among them the former Tar of the Co tribe. Bas-Co was always a friend but the man had developed to be his closest one. Bas-Co was not only. ‘After dinner, I’ll give you a complete tour of the house. I’ll even show you a way to get to my apartment that you can use without anyone seeing you, if you like. I’d really like to repeat what we just did, in love or not.’ Obviously, I agreed! At precisely 6:00, Tara found me in the great room. I was dressed in one of my new suits, and she was wearing a beautiful, simple, knee-length cocktail dress that complemented, but didn’t flaunt, her beautiful body. At the same time, we looked at each. "Well at least for the next forty hours or so." Deanna replied. "Total population - 2." Well since that eliminates the possibility of a dozen strong young men to unload the shuttle," Beverly said laughingly, "I guess we'd better get to it."It took less than an hour to set up camp. Deanna had chosen the landing site perfectly. A thousand yards away stood a crystal clear lake, fed by one of the most magnificent waterfalls Beverly had ever seen. Putting the camp by the waters edge, Deanna quickly.