Her stomach muscles rippled as she pulled the shirt over her ponytail. At five foot ten, her legs were long and toned. Steve stared, much like all the...other boys at the pool."Is something wrong, Steve?" asked a worried Gwen. "Is something showing that shouldn't be? Am I too fat?"Shaking off his momentary stupor, Steve quickly grabbed Gwen and easily tossed her into the pool. Then he jumped in after her. It was several seconds before they broke the surface next to each other. Gwen had her hands. "Tea what Clover made you! Out!"I practically sagged with relief, keeping my head up and my eyes on himwhile he tried to deal with the changed circumstances."But -" I am through telling you. Now!"He slouched out, eyes down.The door slammed. Carl turned to me, eyes full of a single question. Ishrugged."True story," I said."Fuck's sake, Clover!" he said, brows clenched together. "I used mysmoothest lines on you that Christmas after Tash kicked me out!"I almost said sorry, as if that could have. They had acquired several more herds since the Fortune had left to go to Harmony, so they had plenty of animals to restock after it left.Gavin stocked several more holds with the rare minerals, elements and precious gems for UNSEC to sell to pay for the trip and to help pay for maintaining the new DSPF, minus Futura’s commission of course.The Prols had a knack for finding the gems and rarer metals and retrieving them. They had even set up a gem washer. Several of the wives operated a cutter and. " I kissed her again, softly, and our lips lingered on each other for a few seconds."Better get back to your family," she whispered."Yes." Bye." Bye, Raquel."I thought I saw a glimmer in her eyes, and that they had filled slightly, but it could have been the low light in the room.I cleared my throat, and opened the door. Gina was just toweling off her slender body and Brian was heading to the bedroom, his towel around his neck."Hi you two! How was the massage?" Ah, it was heavenly. She's the.