Strong, PhD, had cut back on his teaching and was now deeply involved in several NASA-funded projects. His first NASA project had evolved from landing...a craft on an asteroid in order to get samples, to landing a craft on an asteroid in order to change its course to avoid an impact with earth. He was also consulting for a private company that had contacted him shortly after his paper had been published on the feasibility of capturing an asteroid for mining purposes."Katie, just think of it.. It was three weeks later that Ray and I were filing for unemployment benefits down at our local unemployment office.Ray had no car so was spending the day with me having brought with him a large paper bag.Once back at my new apartment, he opened it and took out his lunch bag along with two cd discs in two plastic casesheld together by a large elastic band. When I asked him what they were about, I was a bit shocked and surprised when he casually said they were adult movie tapes he brought over. Lucien admired the thigh. He would ad—mire the rest later. All in good time!"A brace of nieces, by God!" he said, "More meat on them than pheasants, and more expen—sive too! Twenty thousand doubloons! D'you know how much I paid for that little half Spanish bitch Carmen? Have a guess," he asked, hitting the cage with a whip. Claire was panic-stricken and could not reply."Answer your master!" he shouted, hitting the cage again."I... I... don't know... uncle!" CRAAAACK", on the cage, panic in the. The envelope that had caught her attention was one that was about the size of a greeting card and had no return address and her name, and only her name, scribbled on the front. Curious, she had opened it and when she pulled out a hand written note card a photograph slipped out too and fluttered down onto the kitchen floor. Sarah bent down and picked it up and almost had a hear attack — the picture, a primitive black and white photo that showed her husband, naked and in the arms of a younger.