“Would you like to go to the beach?” “Sure,” I said. “I’ll go back and get my suit.”“You won’t need it,” she said, giggling, and s...ipped off into the darkness.For a second I stood there dumbly. By the time I recollected myself and caught up she was standing near the entrance to her family’s campsite.“Wait here a sec,” she whispered.In thirty seconds she was back, carrying something under her arm -- a blanket. She took me by the hand and we headed for the beach.The lake lay smooth as glass in. I put the ice cream in the freezer, then went to sit on the couch and relax while the girls cooked dinner. They chatted quietly while they cooked, as they usually did. Kara made some hot chocolate and gave me a mug. The girls finished their prep work and left everything to cook, and came and sat with me.“Steve, would you have gone to a party like that in the past?” Kara asked.“Probably, though none of my girlfriends would have gone. Tracey would have had to find someone to pair with me.”“What. Talk to any of the female department heads, or divisionV.P.'s." As bizarre as it was, after her luncheon meetingthe day before Race had no doubt he was telling her the truth. The top of Tamika'shead bobbed into view above the edge of the desk with metronomic regularity.Subdued slurping sounds filtered around the solid desk to her. "Why don't you get a synthetic for a personal assistant?" Raceasked him, still having trouble getting her mind around Monny corporate life. "Against the law. Any job. ”“We’ll get straight on it,” Arch replied along with my nod.“Use Team John to do any missions. I’m going to be using Teams Alice, Heimdor and Naimh on the front lines, along with the Nosferatu, Mazdani, wolves, Azurans, Gorgons, Loegrians and any of our people who want to.”“Bet there’s a few Seers volunteer along with Ceridwen’s crew,” I chuckled, watching Roxanne’s face grimace slightly.“Aye, but there’s no help for it, the rules are the same for Seers as they are for the rest of us, the.