About a month more."Rachel held up her battered rag doll by one foot. "Rachel gots baby." Yes you do. And a very nice one." I became aware that this c...nversation was no worse than the ones I'd had with university students ... or at SciTech."She must really like you," laughed Michiko. "She rarely has a conversation with anyone except us." Oh, Rachel and I are good friends, right?" Here Eena," she responded."Well, I know who's the important one!" OK, Rachel. Back into your seat."Chaz buckled her. We talked a minute or so and I went to my bed to get my clothes and she just stood there next to me. I didn't know what to do really but then she handed me my top and pulled my towel away from me and I was totally naked now in front of her. and Lee! I covered my little tits the best I could with my hands but she laughed and said that we were both big girls and it was ok for me to dress in front of them. I nervously said ok and put my top on and then my panties, knowing that the both of them. Maybe, one of these years, someone will find an answer.I will never forget the people who died in those terrible weeks. Most of them faced their deaths with courage and dignity. My wife did her best to care for me, even though she was terribly weak. I remember the children, and I remember those who lost hope. I was one of those, until Abby came to me. She risked her own life, and Chanelle’s, to reach out to me. They became my hope, and I have worked all my life to be theirs.What else? Nearly. Tarmant thinks she can help him get his grades high enough to reach High Honors, and citizenship, and if that works, we can be together forever."If there was hostility in Simtare's eyes when she looked at me, there was only love when she looked at Laura. Again, I might have been fooling myself, but I thought I could see the first faint cracks in the wall. I decided to leave before I inadvertently gave up some of the ground I'd gained."I love you, Laura," I said, "Call me tomorrow." I will. I.