She gave me up for adoption at birth, because she had a one-year old at home, and his father had been killed in a hunting accident. Bob and his wife t...ok me in, and raised me as if I was their son. When she died of cancer, he wanted to get out of the house they had shared together. So I said I’d rent the farm, and he bought a house in Easton. That was about twenty years ago. She had a ton of money from her family – I think they were Tilghmans, or one of those other moneyed shore families –. For Angela there were plenty of hurts and she telegraphed them to me with her lips. As she kissed me, I could feel her coming to grips with her new life, strange body, and lack of choices for the near term. We spoke' freely through our kiss, and when she felt secure that I meant it, she let me know she believed me, and that we could get on with whatever was to come.It was while we were kissing that I asked the pregnant question that had been tormenting for days. "Why did you recognize me, but I. ” Jasmine blushed when she and Morales passed a glance. “Well, actually, we wash each other,” she admitted with the blush increasing. “I mean – we are newlyweds, after all.”Jasmine, noticing the girls’ faces, took pity on them. “We all know that we’re going to make love tonight...”“We do?” Morales muttered under his breath.“ ... but we don’t have to be crude about it,” she went on. “Suppose we put up the sheet, and Morales and I bathe together as usual. When we’re finished, the two of you can. "Running the hologram now. This is a typical spot. Here we are moving down into the fur. Notice how the fur is cut?" Yes, very clean, a sharp scissoring. The fur hasn't been pulled at all." No. And I agree it's a very clean cut. I don't know about the scissoring. I think a razor-sharp hook might be able to make the same cut." Really? That clean? A knife perhaps. Hmm... Yeah, maybe..."Eliana continued to manipulate the holographic display controls. "Here's why I think it was a hook. We're down.