We'll be safe here tonight, and tomorrow we can look for something better. Search and Rescue will be looking for us when the storm clears." He hadn't ...ad the opportunity to ask Mary if that last was true. But it could wait until he could ask her out of Alyson's hearing. Knowing the answer now wouldn't make any difference at the moment."Your mom's already asleep. You need to sleep, too, because tomorrow you'll need your strength. We'll have work to do. Okay?" But..." Shhhh! No buts, okay?. "My husband likes the money I make. We were poor until I started working." What does your husband think about you being gone ?" He doesn't like it - but he likes the money. The children are both away at college. They don't need me much anymore. So, here I am, a wanton woman, having an affair with a young man in a hotel room in Nairobi. And loving every minute of it." She put down her empty plate on the table and they kissed."Will your husband visit you here?" No. Colorado is the most exotic. Thus, I had the makings for a reasonably fast meal for the three of us. Of course, I insisted that the girls call their parents before we started on dinner, and fortunately those calls were short and uneventful.I put the girls in my guest room that had twin beds in it. I insisted that they mess up the beds and make them look and feel slept in. I also invited them to spread their wardrobe and cosmetics around the room. Should anybody drop in, I wanted there to be no doubt where the girls were. "Second link is 5-node connection to Martell Laboratory Archology."Yakhir wanted to dance for joy; he could go somewhere and it sounded important, a Martell place, even if he didn't understand the words."Can I go to this connection?" he queried."Signal is confirmed, but each node requires transfer. Do you wish to begin transfer?"Yakhir took a deep breath, "Begin transfer."There was whirling in his ears as the screen momentarily went blank. The screen returned as Yakhir looked out upon a great.