Standing there with nothing on but my shoes and stockings, I looked at each man in turn as I slowly turned around for them to see me. My bright blue e...es danced as each guy starting taking off his clothes, leaving the clothes in piles wherever they fell. I licked my lips and looked at Mark, who took my hand and led me to a small raised platform near the middle of the room.I got up on the platform and knelt, spreading my thighs wide, my shaved pussy spreading and glistening with dew. They all. "I'm Ted." I said."Charlotte!" she replied, "Nice to have someone to ride with for a ways!"I nodded at her chest and asked, "Breast cancer?"She seemed a little surprised that I'd be so direct, but answered:"Yeah," she made a face, "Radical mastectomy. Lymph nodes and all." That bad?" I asked, "Or did you just have a male doctor who didn't want to take chances?"She looked startled and said, looking at me oddly, "Male doctor, but I agreed with him." Well, if you're okay with the result," I. Our families could have been crushed under billions of tons of racing water.When I finally looked away, Angela, Laney, Gloria, and Crystal were crying. There tears matched my feeling precisely. Zeke was holding Laney. Charles had his arms around Gloria, while Jeff comforted Crystal. Angela and I walked inside to our bedroom, where I held her until the wracking sobs quieted. Dinner was going to have to wait.The television was our constant companion as damage and death tolls were delivered in. “I have no doubt.”Nicola suddenly put her hand down to her side and produced a small rectangular package in gift wrap paper and handed it to Sharifa. “I just wanted to give you a little going away present.”“Oh, this is beautiful,” she declared after unwrapping her present. It was a set of golden pens with To Sharifa, good luck in Stanford inscribed on them.“It’s only a small thing. Your father ordered them for me when I told him I wanted to give you something for your journey.”“That was sweet.