We discovered a new species of Terrans and solved the Human Mystery, pretty much.”That did have the expected result and both Alycia and especially S...ahl sat straight up. Richard said.” Are we sure it’s Pree? We know even less about them than about the Uni.”Elligott nodded.” I activated the Pree Sphere myself.”“I am sure you did not call to end your story here. Would you please elaborate?”Mc Elligott retold the events and when he was finished poured himself a glass of whiskey sat down and lit a. Now the news spread all over the place, I found my husband entering my office during his break. I was focusing on the paperwork and he seated himself on the desk inches away from my work. I stopped working and looked up smiling at him, he reached with his hands and cupped the back of my head and brought me so near to him. I opened my mouth to kiss him and he froze and smiled when I opened my eyes to see what the matter is. "I got you didn't I?" he said almost with an evil grin "You naughty boy,. I didn't know how to handle this. I didn't want us to lose our jobs but I didn't want to have sex with John either." The first idea that popped into my head was to stall for time. Then I might be able to set him up so that we could force him to put our names on the list. 'I need time to think about this, ' I said. 'You caught me off guard and I can't make a decision about something like this on such short notice. Let me think about it over the weekend and I call you on Monday and let you know. .”“Be a dear and just SAY the WORDS,” said Caroline, now deeply annoyed. Was she ... trembling? If she was, Kate had missed it. She just laughed!“What, like an incantation? Do I start with ‘abacadabra’, then?”“If you like. Just SAY IT, dear. Your voice, just one sentence. And that should do it. ‘Martin, I forbid you to go to Saudi Arabia.’ It’s not a request, dear. It’s an order. Anything else we can discuss after.”Kate caught on and was so flabbergasted she actually said it:“Martin? You can’t.