All the time.”“Here in your room or in hers?”“In the, uhm... No, in my room.”“You're not sure?”“Yes, I'm sure. Sorry, sir.”“Do you...only like girls, Sister Claudine?”“Yes.”“You have never been with a man?”“No, sir.”“Would you rather that I got naked now, Sister Claudine, or Lucy here?”She lifts her head and looks at Lucy, then at me. The eagerness in her eyes is evident now, and she's practically trembling with anticipation.“You, sir,” she says.I kick off my shoes and take my clothes off. She. Frowning, he read the agreement that had been faxed to him, including a presidential pardon for past crimes for the three Protectorate leaders. It also covered any who may have acted under their authority.Sighing, he went to the window and looked out. Snow was falling at a furious rate. He had left the lodge and went to the ranch. The forecast was for between 15 to 20 inches of snow. He could not afford to be caught up in the mountains in a snow storm He felt bad leaving his daughter behind,. "Sure thing, Doc," she told me. I followed her to a small room that wasnear the operating theaters that had been converted into a changingroom for me. She lifted me onto the table and said, "You know, you'reone stinky doctor!" She pulled my scrub pants down and lifted me off ofthe messy diaper. "One of these days your mommy needs to potty trainyou!" I tried..." I told her as she wiped between my cheeks. "But even whenwe had me making it most of the time, I needed to move too fast to makeit... I. ”“Why did you adopt me, Mommy?” Billy asked.This was a question he had never asked, but was one that Mary Wallace had been expecting. Notwithstanding her expectation, when she heard the words, they hurt as badly as a knife being twisted in her belly.She swallowed hard and replied, “Because I was incredibly stupid and selfish, Billy,” she said softly. “You know I was a lawyer — a pretty good one, too. But I was so stupid, I thought that what I was doing — writing briefs and trying cases — was.