"Tosh," I replied, "I say you shall and there is an end to it." No, I cannot." she said again."On your back then," I ordered, "I need relief." Yes, of...course," she said automatically though she was already lying upon her back."Spread yourself woman!" I ordered, "That I might be afforded ease of entry." I am already!" she exclaimed in the darkness, "Just take me can't you and be damned!"I touched her hot wetness with a finger tip and explored further."Take me!" she said."No!" I refused, "You are. In times gone by it had probably been a spit-and-sawdust beer hall. In 2020 it was a noisy disco cocktail bar, with table service provided by gorgeous topless waitresses, many big-breasted. Mine was blonde and gamine, with a heart-shaped badge attached to her diamante choker that read: ‘I’M KIM’. “What’s it to be?” she asked demurely.“Could I have a Mojito, please? And tell the bartender to give it an extra ‘kick’ would you?”“An extra ‘kick’?”“Yeah, a second measure of rum.”She smiled and. " Myra admitted as everyone assembled together at the lab to discuss the last final bits of Katherine's restoration project just before she was to be decanted. It was almost like being at a birth, and was being treated largely as such."Apology accepted. I just knew that Katherine was there hiding somewhere and that she'd only want to talk to me. She'd been locked away by Katie, hidden playing a sort of perverse game of hide and seek for all of her adult life, watching but unable to speak in her. “You picked this out?”“Yes. The clothing line hired me to do all their product photos. You are wearing those products and you look incredible. Love that brown hair,” Darius snapped a few photos of me while we chatted.“Heh, thanks.”“Just me and you tonight. I need your height. Your long legs make these shorts look better,” Darius took a few more photos. “Yeah,” I smiled awkwardly, wishing Michelle was with me – or even Danielle so she could sleep with Darius, distracting him. As Darius moved.