"I don't know, I just never have." Well, we can fix that real quick. Jill, get a potato, some ice and aneedle." I don't think she wants her ears pierc...d," Jill said."Sure she does; don't you, Stacy?" Umm..." I was at a loss for words. I knew that I should come up with anexcuse on why I didn't want my ears pierced, but nothing came to me."I don't think her mom would be pleased," Jill said and then looked atme for backup."Yeah, my mom wouldn't like it," I said."Well, you know how you handle that,. Haru was staring at her in a strange way and Kalinda soon deduced that he was considering mounting her just to see if she could satisfy his urge to mate. She really wanted no part of it but was a bit fearful to reject him out of hand. Kalinda decided that it would be better to simply comply with the dark-skinned man's wishes rather than risk an unnecessary confrontation when unity was the best way to survive.She was just beginning drop off into a broken sleep when she felt the muscles of the. "Simone changed all that. He has even started cleaning his room without me asking him. He is taking special care with his clothing and hygiene. Especially his hygiene. And his grades! He has never done so well in school. I mean, he was always the smartest kid in the class, but now? It's like she is challenging him to do his best."She paused. I knew what was coming. I felt Sally and Nicole's grips tighten on my leg again, encouraging me to be quiet. Geez, give me some credit, will you?"That's. Martha knew Hugo would just have enjoyed watching the 3V tapes of that.Martha added, "If you had stayed quietly at Hugo's for six months or a year, then come to me for help, you could have been Hugo's mistress for a long time, perhaps what passes for a wife here on CS or even, just possibly, his successor. He took you away from Karl because you reminded him of his wife on Earth, and he couldn't bear to see Karl's sadism brought to bear on his most precious memories. Now you know what is going.