In fact, if you were curious and looked around at your own berthing pod's hatch, you might notice that your pod had one that was normally closed, and ...ou were standing on another hatch attached to your ship, one that was normally open if there was a pod attached. Freighter #12 had 95 ship-side hatches that were always open and one that stayed closed, because that pod still held our four marooned explorers and it wasn't docked any more.I put my hand on the access plate, and the ship's hatch. To say I was surprised doesn't even get close. You see Jamie had just turned 20 and I was 32. I was divorced with 4 k**s and had already spent 7 years in the Air force. Anyway ... I just hadn't thought that she found me attractive. I was having major self image issues after having just gone through the divorce and all. So we began to kiss and caress each other and I was getting hotter by the minuet hen she stood up and took my hand and led me into her bedroom. When I walked in to her room I was. "I think so, Sweetie. But I'm going to have to check." I reached for the local phone book to look up Charlie's home phone, hoping that he was listed. Luckily, he was. I dialed his number. The phone rang for awhile. Then it was picked up."May I help you?" a cultured female voice asked."Yes, this is Jim Thompson. I'm one of Charlie's clients and an old friend. I really need to speak with him, if that's possible? Oh yes, tell him he's on the clock as of this minute." Just a moment," the voice. “Oh good you’re here, welcome to my studio” Kate beamed“looks like a nice set up” I offered“I prefer to shoot outdoors, but sometimes it’s nice to be able to have a more controlled environment.She led me through the door to a studio, it was set up for a photo-shoot, lighting rigs, tripods, and equipment everywhere and in the middle of the room was a large dining room table, set up with chairs and a few objects of furniture to look like an period English dining room.“Here honey, you’d better.