Now, I also have a small apartment not toofar from here that you can rent from me. My son was living there, buthe had a fatal accident last year. I've...never seen fit to sell it. Ijust kept it for some reason."I was astonished, here was a solution to all my problems handed to meon a platter. I gushed, "Thank you Mrs. Hardaway, you're a lifesaver.How can I ever repay you for what you're offering?"She smiled again, "Just work hard and show me that my judge ofcharacter is still spot on. I believe. " Brian," she said finally, stiffening her spine. "You know?" Her mouth opened and closed again, trying unsuccessfully to form words. "I mean, you - you - dammit, Brian, you knew?" Remember, you promised you wouldn't be angry," he reminded her softly, "but yes, I knew. Right from the start." He sat back a little, regarding her. "You were so cute, the way you thought you were hiding it. But yes, after the first one, what was his name? I knew after that." He leaned to her and took her hands and. Then he said, "Computer command override, Alpha, Bravo, Gamma, Sigma one-niner, Foxtrot, Delta."The computer's dry voice came across the speakers, and said, "Invalid code, please input approved command code in the next thirty seconds or you will be confined for the appropriate authorities."Ken thought for a second and then said, "Computer open door to secondary AI/Interface, Admiral Kenneth Thompson, commanding USS Washington, authentication code is Sierra, Baker, Alpha one-fiver, Delta niner,. Not only did we apparently share the same surname, but our middle name was also the same. We were both SDW: what a totally amazing coincidence! We stopped off at a take-away pizza place and went to my apartment. Simon was visibly impressed by the style and scale of my place, which I was easily able to afford as my escort activities were very profitable. And so we sat down, ate the pizza and started to tell each other about ourselves. Simon, it transpired, was of Polish extraction and was a.