Mark found Alex and the two of them started helping me toward the blackjack table where Joe was. Mark told Joe that I was out of it and help them to t...ke me to my room. Joe got up, cashed in and the four of us headed to the elevator. When we got back to our room, they rounded up a few drinks and started chatted. They seated me on couch next to Alex on my right. Mark was in the one chair and Joe was on the other chair. Alex said, “should we get her ready for bed since she is almost passed out”?. Well, more than slightly, but Mum was still only 38 years old, and me, being 20, well I had the world at my feet. Mum had never remarried after my Dad and her divorced, and to tell you truth, I'd never even seen her dating, let alone even thought about her having sex with anyone...anyone that wasn't me I suppose. I don't know why she hadn't been dating, it wasn't as if she couldn't, what with the endless tanning, exercising, swimming, and shopping sprees, she was a Goddess. Mum might have been. Shannon was there when we returned but she wouldn't let me near her until I showered. Once we had gotten the sweat off the four of us relaxed, swam, and generally hung out for the rest of the afternoon. Allison suggested cards when it got really hot and we moved to the shade of the picnic table to play and talk. Shannon jokingly suggested strip poker which made Tim blush.Allison just rolled her eyes and said, "Oh, yeah, that would be fun. We've each got two pieces of clothing, they've each got. As I did Traci's face drained of blood and became white."Concubine..." I then growled. "You ask the most puzzling questions, but this time I'll back you up. AI, what is Traci's age?"The AI, which had remained silent when Sarah spoke replied immediately. "Citizen Traci Milosevich is forty-seven chronological years old." What?" Miles shouted. "I only brought her into DECO nine months ago when she was first picked up. She couldn't have been older than twenty-five. She looked like she does.