There was nothing new in her life now. Nothing ever changed, every day the same. It could have been weeks now, or months, or longer.How had it come to...this?Her idle curiosity was just a passing fancy, the answer did not matter. She was happy, and comfortable, as if permanently held between worlds, the pleasant lassitude as one is about to claimed by sleep, or in those few, alert, seconds after waking, when the day seems bright and new, before one's problems flow into consciousness like a. " Brother and sister trooped out, following their lord and master.Lauren shuddered, switched the coffee percolator on and checked the time. Nine o'clock was good for Nikki. They had visited the town the evening before, but by five thirty everything had shut and Boquette was not really known for it's night life. But Lauren had promised to take her down to the beach, maybe explore a little, and the fact that Emma and Jamie were having lessons all morning was wonderful.She wandered back to her. I observed the group. Usually, I have only a passing interest in the beauty of young women, my attraction being towards mature women of near and older my own age, mid-fifties. I guessed this young lady to be eighteen or nineteen, so I was more drawn to observing her mother, well-dressed, well-groomed and a confident manner - everything to stir my casual interest. Just then, the breeze that had been rustling the square's traditional plane trees swept on to the terrace. It caught the very short. “Escort these two privates to the medical bay. We’ll have to retest these two, but I expect they’ll have a six point five again.”One of the marines lowered his weapon and pointed it at the two privates. They frowned and started to walk down the passage. Private Kelly stopped and turned. “What about our concubines?”“If you pass your CAP retests, we’ll send a transport to pick up your pods and bring them here,” Major Greenfeld said.“You want me to trust you? You are going to retest us,” Private.