It was as you feared, there were discrepancies also you were seen when you both came back to the ship by a human," Cici stated.This quickly snapped up...Alatem's attention, "Ally," she started, "Can you tell from these readings who it was?" Analyzing data now, from the readings it appears with 98.5% certainty to have been your uncle's oldest son," Ally spit out a tinge of hatred in its voice.Growling Alatem looked at Charles, "I thought, no, I hoped that little prick was dead, especially after I. I dropped one in the pot plant next to the elevator and from a distance you watched me enter the car, the doors close as I travelled to the fourth floor. You followed after about a minute, folding the newspaper you were pretending to read and laying it on the table of the foyer. You walked casually towards the elevator, reached into the plant and retrieved the card with the room number folder wrapped around it. Now the sun was slowly setting. I had the curtains pulled wide open, the dull light. She began to smooth her ruffled feathers with alcohol, apricot brandy to be exact.The sweet, fruity tasting liquor went down easily and did its job; elevating her mood and putting her in good humor. By the end of their meal, she had downed four and, not being big drinker, she was noticeably under the influence. She wasn't wasted, but the effects were evident. When they returned to the apartment she headed to her bedroom, telling her son she "wanted to get out of these damned glad rags".Alone in. He was glad she enjoyed the fantasies. Then he realized he hadn't written one last time. That was important, and he enjoyed them, too.Couldn't she see that the "forceful shove" was to minimize her pain. But he couldn't point that out; he didn't want to put the idea of pain in her head. Didn't girls know these things? The girls in Mallory's bodice-rippers might be surprised, but that was history, before the days of sex-ed.He answered the letter. Then he added another set of quotes.Still, she was.