”They were watching one sponsor orchestrate a daisy chain, when Gunny White stood before them and stated, “I havta say I’m more than a little cu...ious and skeptical. All these folks fucking themselves silly to get off planet - slaves or master it makes no difference - and you two assert you have lift tickets and sit here calmly watching the circus.”Melba handed him her CAP card, and said, “Our family decided we’d wait until we are better prepared - have more to offer. We also figure that. I just had to see her. I reached the bottom. The basement was completely dark. None of the moonlight made its way here. I crouched by the base of the stairs for a while, I could hear Lynette's fitful breathing but I could not see her.After a while, I could see, in the center of the room a dark shape, the cot we'd used before I imagine. On it, there was a darker blob, Lynette, covered by a blanket, lying motionless on the hard surface. She appeared to be sleeping, or at least resting. She. With a pained look Diane turned around. Marty could not but help noticeher slim waist and nicely shaped rear. He could even see the outline of abra beneath her blouse.He looked at her legs. She was wearing stockings or pantyhose and a pairof shoes with small heels. She had nicely shaped legs.But Penny had an exasperated look. "Come on, Diane, stand straight! Youare stuck with this. Make the best of it. You are an attractive womannow. Be happy with that!"Marty thought Diane was very pretty. Her. It was all real. Avery knew that. But he still thought he was going crazy. Which would have been preferable, really, to being dead, which he was about to be. He knew this because he’d just heard a key slide into the lock of his apartment door. Only one other person had his key—although not because he’d given it to her—and that was Vivian. The woman who was certain, even if he wasn’t, that they were destined to be together for the rest of their lives. Well, finding Cypress in my bed might.