I read the report of how they performed when Admiral Hartwell was on Risen's planet. It appears they went well though I think that an increase in the ...ife of the power unit might be imperative. I have also seen the way they performed for you. I believe that they can be improved." Derrick smiled widely, he'd forgotten that Shelby was highly intelligent from the get go. He'd also heard how she had accelerated her own creation with a few damn brilliant ideas. Sighing Derrick nodded he just might. She seemed untroubled. But she'd also seemed untroubled the first day after she'd caught me wearing a dress, that time we nearly broke up over it. That's how she was until she'd calculated how to deal with a problem.Over dessert I asked her, as casually as I could, what I had done at Denise and her lesbian friend's house."You really don't remember any of it?" she asked me, her eyebrows raised. "Not at all?" The early part," I replied. "The delicious dinner with Denise and Tinka, I think that. I decided to stay naked for breakfast. The goal of this whole Program thing was to get us to open up about our bodies, and this was the only place I felt safe doing it. The Ng's all came to breakfast naked too, but that was usual for them.Mrs. Ng made bacon, eggs, and waffles for everybody. I don't know if that was their usual breakfast or if they just made it when I was there. I was beginning to think that they suspected something was wrong with my home life, and tried to help compensate for. I think I need to call uncle JoJo. He’ll keep an eye on things too.’ Dani tried to remember who uncle JoJo was. ‘Daddy, isn’t uncle JoJo aunt Jessie’s brother?’ ‘Yup, meanest old fucker in the South, gave me my first drink of Jack Daniels, my first ride on a Harley, got me my first piece of ass, and got me in the marines.’ Jack smiled. ‘Damn I loved that old man…’ Helen rolled her eyes. ‘And men hide your women, I remember the first time he met me, I had bruises from all the pinches he gave me.