‘Sheriff’s Department!’ Alex said. ‘I think you should boys better let the lady go and assume the position up against that wall over there,’...he said softly. ‘I don’t think the lady wants to go anywhere with you.’ Bud spun around, startled. Skunk, holding Nancy’s arm, stared at the two officers. They hadn’t seen or heard the cops come in. ‘What the fuck do you pigs think you’re doing?’ Bud demanded. ‘We’re arresting you,’ Alex replied. ‘You’ll be facing charges of rape, and maybe a few other. .. who else? the pleasure industry. For reasons known only to history, the B-bots were all created male or genderless. The Pleasure Xenes were, because of the neo-patriarchy that had arisen in the thirty-third and thirty-fourth centuries, all created female.One thousand, three hundred, twenty-seven different versions of the Pleasure Xene went into production. It took days, or perhaps even weeks... maybe even months, for the fastest computers of those days to lay out the programming for each. “Would you like to join them?” Dan offered.“Only if a slow song begins,” she replied, accepting his hand on her knee. “You and Wendy make a very beautiful couple. How long have you been married?”“Two years,” he lied, turning their two short months together into years. “I feel so damn lucky to have her love. I’m fourteen years older than Wendy and she keeps reminding me the age difference doesn’t matter to her.”“I agree with her and it shows by the way she looks at you.” Emily allowed Dan’s hand. I saw her off, spent that day in a daze after she left. I&hellip, dont&hellip, know what it was… about her&hellip, Mike tried to explain what it was that made him miss Zo. It was something, but he didnt want to say love and look silly. His eyes were glued to the table. Then his father spoke up. It was love. Mike looked at his father, the eyes full of sympathy and understanding instead of exasperation and disappointment as they usually were when they talked. Mike felt his eyes well up. I know.