"Our car is waiting." He gave me a knee-length coat to wear. He didn't want anyone else in the apartment building to see me in my costume when we left...the building. I walked arm in arm with Brad to the elevator and through the lobby, keeping my coat tightly closed. No one even gave us a second look.Outside a stretch limousine awaited us. The chauffeur tipped his cap as I approached and held the door open for me. I stepped in and slid across the seat. Brad followed me in the rear seat and sat. Now go clean your face, and go out there and smile for all your customers. I'll talk to you tomorrow; send me your schedule so I know when it's OK to call you."I could hear a forced smile in her voice as she promised she would, and I let her go back to work.I heard from her several times during the day, and called her myself a couple times. I told her where to meet me, and she told me when she'd be there. I passed that on to Naltort, who promised a pasta dish that would knock her socks off. ” She pushed a bit closer. “My crew’s interested in buying something from the Capellan. Something seriously high tech.”Fish nodded. “I thought you humans were from the Federation, the place where a week can’t go by without you shitting out a new piece of miraculous technology.”“What have you heard about the Federation?” Tiff asked, curious to hear about things from someone outside – and trying to play it cool and casual. She stretched her arms out, just to show how casual she was, and four of. He told me he was just picking up a little and if I was looking for Sam he had just seen his wife take him into one of their guest rooms. I could tell Gerry didn’t know how to make the first move so I did it for him. “Gerry would you like to share the last drink of the night somewhere private? Maybe your bedroom?” I asked. Gerry nervously fixed us drinks and led me up to his bedroom. We talked for a bit, I asked Gerry about he and his wife’s swinging. Gerry told me that his wife really.