Um...”“Probably, unless you don’t want me to. I like Falma, but I’m back home now and you come first.”Sera smiled at his words before becomi...g serious again. “If you do, will you want me to do anything with him?”Kal gave her a gentle smile, “Sera, I don’t have the same power over you as with Kuto and those I’ve bonded with. If you want to play around with him, I have no right to tell you yes or no. However, after spending so much time with you, I’ve come to consider you one of my women. I can’t. I checked myself in the rear-view mirror and popped a mint into my mouth. I strode quickly, nervously, into the lobby. It was devoid of customers, and all employee eyes were on me as I entered. I smiled weakly and headed for the potted palm near the doors to the pool. I tried to look inconspicuous as I paused near the palm tree. Finally I spotted the keycard in the dry moss at the tree’s base. I snatched it and strolled nonchalantly out towards the pool. The keycard had the “215” written on it. “Then, we might find a place close by to move into – where I would ‘commute’ to work from – so to speak.”“I see the sense in that, but Stevie – if we’re a couple, we need to discuss and make those kinds of decisions together in the future, OK?” Candy said.“I like the part where you two would stay here for a while, maybe I could ride the ‘Biscuit from time to time?” mom said, bringing the food to the table.“What a spread, scrambled eggs, homemade hash browns, lots of bacon and toasted sourdough. That allowed them access to crucial information that was not usually conveyed to the general public. Of course everything had to be translated, but as I mentioned prior, the Char had really good programs for doing so. My research into their computer systems was what led me to believe that my father's plan would be rejected. Despite that, our arrangement worked out quite well for me, as while my father and his friends were off formulating their plan of attack, I had free rein of the Consensus's.