..when will I see you?" I asked. "Soon," he replied. "Now, please tell you your name and age." Without hesitation I answered. "I am Kiku Suzuki, age e...ghteen." "There, wasn't that easy?" he replied. He was right; it came out very easily. I felt a chill run up my spine. "Where were you born?" "In Kobe," I replied. "Now, what do you want to do with your life?" "My rife?" I replied. "I want to be a wife and mother." "Do you want to go to college?" "No," I replied immediately. My speed in replying. But if we delay the magnesium we delay the nitrate overlay, which delays the nickel, which delays the first mix, which— It'll wind up stalling the whole process by six months, maybe longer, and we're down to the wire already if we're going to have the island ready in time."Agog at Heisinger's apparent grasp of all the technicalities involved, she abruptly reached over to pick up the link herself. "This is Amanda, Nehranu. Do it! On schedule, as she says. The world can do without a few more. Suzy had a bag slung over her shoulder, and she walked right up to me and handed me a piece of paper. It was on letterhead from a doctor's office, informing her that all test results had come back negative."Great!" I said. "But what's the bag for?"Her face fell a little, and she said, "I thought that when all my tests came back..." Sir, please excuse the impertinence, but it's not nice to tease like that," Girl informed me."You're correct, Girl. Remind me of this later," I told Girl. I turned. It was a game he wanted nothing to do with. His life was complicated enough without him entering into an affair with her. Sharmila was manipulating him and he knew it.He was starting to find the strength to say no. He realised he was so infatuated with her, he found himself agreeing to her kinky schemes. But that wasn't him. He considered himself a regular guy who just wanted a regular relationship with the one he loved. And he did love her, of that there was no doubt. She was making it just so.