.I was five years away from my legal age, Paul my best friend also the same age as me & Stephen, Pauls Brother 19 or 20 years oldI had just had my bir...hday I was really quite nieve, having not really discussed anything sexualand back in those days everyone was nieve, there was no internet or porn at your fingertips,the only thing we ever got to see was the odd leaf from a dirty magazine that may have been strewneither in the bushes or at the back of the garages further up on the estate, it was. Histhoughts were filled with sadness, as well as anger. But still hisloyalty programs kept him from taking an active role against theProjects that created us.I could feel his mind searching, curious as to which of the three Coresin front of him would emerge to claim Zeta status. It was the way it hadalways been, the cores would fight for overall superiority.I knew he would be just as curious when AC13G arrived, but he wasconfused by the fact that the entire 13 core series had been multicrossed. Today was the day we would see if my idea was going to work,and late morning found us driving to our appointment at the clinic attached to the maternity hospital and listening to a special news report on the car radio. Predictably, in those hardline religious societies where women were second class citizens with few rights, this was seen as a return to normality, the whole episode declared a test God had subjected the faithful to. Those who were now pregnant women had failed the test, and. Well, it had been her decision to end the relationship, she reminded herself. As good as they were in bed together, they shared much different dreams. Johnny had no greater goal than to one day run the family business. A goal she was now glad to hear he had reached. She, on the other hand, had her sights set higher -- and spending her best years in Spring Valley wasn't part of the plan."And how is Amanda doing?" Ilyssia asked, immediately realizing that she had made a stupid blunder."I hear.