. . dea . . . terminally inconvenienced?" Dr. Valerian smiled down at Stacey. "No, merely cerebrally challenged. But I can fix that later. Right now, ...'m curious about you. How have you been able to maintain your sense of self throughout the aversion therapy procedure, the retraining, and the testing? I've noticed that many of your responses are non-standard, which leads me to believe you're gay." Stacey let out a loud laugh. "Some mad scientist you've turned out to be!" "I'm not mad," Dr.. . wives. Sam ... if we are in time ... and if you're wives are willing to accept me ... can I be your wife too?"I took her into my arms and looked down into her dark eyes, "Sweetheart, you're the one thing that isn't up for debate. I love you and you are my wife. No matter what, you are my wife. But, I have no doubts that not only will they accept you, but they'll smother you with gratitude for all that you given up to help them."She kissed me and then she said, "Come on, let's go find our. We made love. She IS my mistress. Right now we have to figure out if you want to fit into my life, where you want to fit in, and how you fit in.”“Is Penny going to live here with you?”“No. This is my home. She’ll be a frequent visitor and we’ll have a totally professional relationship at work. She’ll be the pillar of support at home that you were supposed to be. She’ll be the one watching out for me at work and socially. If there’s a company function, she’ll attend with me. Mr. Bowen said that. "David looked up, the corner of his mouth curling up. "That the fetuses inherit the mother's immunity and carrier status? Yeah, that's a major win on our part." It's not a single win, it's the whole series. If immunity isn't transferred, the infant would contract the plague from the mother and both would combat the resulting autoimmune attack. If we can't have children, there's no way any species could continue." That'll be my next message. Many people's response to tragedy is to create new.