I smiled at my work and checked my new ladies watch to see the time. Cindy would be arriving at six and I still had a half an hour to wait. I was real...y nervous and excited so I made poured myself a drink from the mini bar to relax. I put on some music and dimmed the lights and waited for Cindy to arrive. She told me she was going to arrive dressed and it would be her first time out completely dressed. Cindy texted me from the parking lot of the hotel and asked me for the room number. I told. She slowly undressed and placed her clothes in the canoe. She carefully slipped into the crystal clear water, watching for sharp rocks which were easily spotted.When she located a flat spot, she soaped up her body, enjoying the contrast between the warmth of the sun and the coolness of the water. When she was completely lathered, she dove into the water and swam around, rinsing the soap from her body. She stood up on a rock where the water was waist deep. She had that strange feeling that. "Wires and pins and circuitry." I can do it, to a satisfactory level as far as Fleet was concerned, but I was never more than just barely competent." I can do it," Pete offered. "If you'll assist?" Pete's a wiz with wiring and circuitry," Ross pounded his partner on the back. "He's rebuilt most of the systems aboard the Eudoxus, bit by bit." What are you going to be doing in the meantime?" Pete raised an eyebrow."Well, since this ship doesn't look like it was designed for mounting equipment. She picked it up.The envelope was from GTA Laboratories, she read. Addressed to her husband. It was still sealed. She thought she understood, and a chill went through her."Bernie, I know you used to fool around a lot. I've come to terms with that, and even forgiven you for it. But is this your way of telling me that somewhere along the way, you caught something?" She felt the anger rising in her at the thought that her husband, and perhaps she as well, had acquired AIDS from one of the whores.