He wanted desperately to know what Thomas and Amy were doing. When he heard a car door close, he rushed to an upstairs window. He saw the limo pulling...away and watched as Amy and Thomas walked up the sidewalk. He could see that Amy was leaning heavily on Thomas.By the time the front door closed, John was at the top of the stairs in the dark. He could see the lower half of the two as they stepped into the foyer. Thomas was pressing Amy to the wall and it looked like they were kissing. He had to. Is that correct?”The First Officer smiled. “I have never thought of it that way, but yes, that describes it nicely.”“Well, if that’s so, then how did you win all those gunfights? I’m a fairly fast reader, and I’ve read through much of your ship’s logs that it dumped to the escape pods, or whatever your race called them, when they were activated.”“I ... just knew they were waiting to attack me. The Captain managed to...”“Bullshit. Even though you had your back turned, you still had time to shoot. I put my panties away then washed my hands again before Iserved Sunday tea.It is hardly necessary to explain that as the Domestic Science andhousekeeping student, I was expected to do most of the motheringaround the apartment. Wendy and Harriet compensated, by caring forthe horses and doing all the other tasks. It was a reasonably fairdivision of labour; Wendy's veterinary course was a particularlyarduous one both intellectually and physically. She often came home>from her farm work quite late. She was his type, as he liked to say, tall and lithe, very athletic with her narrow body and flat chest. Her face wasn't beautiful, no one would call her that, but pretty might have described her not so long before. She had high cheeks and a small mouth, a pointed nose and the most wonderfully blue eyes anyone had ever seen to compliment her fine platinum hair. It was her eyes he enjoyed and Eva gave them to the man, keeping her face tilted upward and watching his thin lips curl with.