She beamed at him as she guided him through to the kitchen."Here's a bottle of the local wine. Have you tried it?" he asked, handing the bag to Lauren..."No, I don't think so. Is it safe?" she asked, looking past his hands to his T-Shirt. He was much cleaner than when they had met. His hair had been plastered down over his head, and the rings around his eyes had been washed away. Maybe twenty-five, twenty-six thought Lauren. Her gaze returned to his eyes. They shone, clear and alert, happy and. I hope you found the room comfortable.”Mrs. Hayes responded, “Oh, yes, it was quite comfortable. I can’t believe it’s for the staff. It’s very spacious.”Dr. Hayes added, “That house must have cost a fortune.”John shrugged as he said, “Your daughter deserves the best. I could do no less than that.”Mrs. Hayes leaned forward and said, “I have never seen my daughter this happy. She loves you a lot. I have to know, do you love her, too?”John answered, “Your daughter is one of the two most loved. :-)Anyway - now to how she got me into Swinging....We'd been going out for almost 3 weeks when we were talking on the phone on the Thursday night. She said there was a party on Saturday night and would I like to go. I said yes. I didn't have any idea what she meant by .... 'party'.... On the Saturday I drove over to pick her up - I only had a Ford Fiesta in those days! - and we set off. We drove there and turned into the driveway of a large 1960's style house and there were a lot of cars parked. Julie convinced me to let her keep doing it, as she figured it made Samantha feel like she was more a part of us. We know she doesn't do it deliberately; not to Julie, she wouldn't. Julie moved all the memories of everything but the last cycle to another area and guarded it against intrusion. Of course, she didn't tell me that, since I'm a big dummy that isn't supposed to know that my 'husband' used a protocol that would have awakened half the universe to create a replacement for me! Without.