A stop by Victoria’s Secret resulted in some lacy lingerie for me.Since the bet finished at the end of the week, I asked her why we would do this. S...e responded that the clothes would fit her, too. She’d keep them for herself and pay me back. Then she added, “Maybe you’ll want to hold on to them.”Was she reading my mind?When we came home, Jessica had me model the purchases for her.“Wow, that dress looks good on you, bro. Any guy would do a double-take when he saw you. You’re one gorgeous chick!. You're going to do right by this littlegirl of yours and you know you are. You're going to raise her right. You'regoing to teach her to love God and to love her neighbor as herself... "But, you've got to believe me when I say this, Karen! There's no evilassociated with the child you're carrying! That's to say that she's as pure asthe driven snow." "How can you be sure of that?" "Because, as I keep telling you, girl, I'm psychic..."*** In the ensuing weeks, Karen made some real progress in her. He hadn't been able to sleep, even thought most of the enormous crew observed Gamma shift as the official night.In a few hours, Alpha watch would signal the start of a new day. Wes's final day on the Enterprise. In less than forty-eight hours he would be on his way to Earth and Starfleet Academy.Had it really been only a few years ago that he'd come on board as a brilliant but awkward boy. Now he was about to leave it as a fully grown young man. He would greatly miss the Enterprise, he knew.. Let’s get you dressed”. I gently pulled on your wrists. The yellow turquoise and diamond bracelets that flashed as we swam in the gentle surf off Waikiki earlier that afternoon the only items you wore for the moment. You slowly crawled back over the edge of the bed. Your feet now onto the floor. I kept you there, facing away from me; my touch, holding you there, was a specific understanding. I walked over to the dresser and opened several drawers---followed by the opening of your closet. A long.