It was only 3 PM and I expected the two of them to still be working. They were busy removing a water damaged wooden window. "Hey Carlos, you guys goin... to work till five?" I asked."Full work week," he said.Since I had stopped by the house I brought my checkbook and a wad of cash. I wrote Carlos a check and one for Juan. They both signed them back to me and I paid them in cash from the grease pit. It gave them money for the weekend and gave me a record for their form 1099. My bookkeeper insisted. The couple had little to do except make love and when not so engaged to divert themselves with movies. They occasionally ventured into the colony beyond, but it was a dismal place that just about served its citizens' basic requirements and not much else.The Hygiean national dress was principally designed for life in low gravity. The heavy padded outfits and massive boots made everyone appear to be very chunky, although it kept them rooted to the ground while everything around fell leisurely. "I thought back ... Friday ... oh, yeah. Stacey had set me up with her friend, Mandy Lin, who went to a private school and whose dad owned some Taiwanese Electronics company. I shrugged, "I was out."Kenny arched his eyebrow at me. "You on a date or something?"I shook my head. It wasn't much of a date; we never left Mandy's house. Stacey knew exactly what I was good for and Mandy had gone through a big dry spell. The tall, beautiful, older teen just needed to get laid without any of her friends. It almost felt like they were back close to where they were before. Only she knew that wasn’t quite true. She still felt like he should apologize at some point for his tantrum. Overall, the weeks that followed had been without the fireworks of that day. Don had been making an effort to be more attentive and she had adjusted the division of her time between her two lovers. Bridget sighed. She didn’t want to try counting the number of times she had used the word fair over the last few weeks..