She’d been rushed into surgery the moment she’d hit the hospital, while Taylor paced in the hallway, occasionally joined by Whitaker’s colleague.... His shirt and pants were still stained with her blood. Rollins had shown up shortly after she had gone into surgery, demanding Taylor come back for a debriefing.That had been a tense few moments. Taylor had made it clear it would take more than one FBI agent to pull him out of the hospital. Eventually, he did relent. He agreed to come in once he knew. Shall I explain?”Beth said, “I think you’d better.”“Your comment regarding solar radiation appears to be correct. As you are aware, our people were placed upon our planet more than 500,000 years ago. There is a component within the radiation of our star that would be hazardous to the females. I have noted a small organ in your body, Cal, that is not present in the body of any of the three females. It appears this organ was gene engineered for life on our planet specifically. It has been. I figured he wanted tohave a look at his old glory years one last time. Andglory years they were, what with him being thevaledictorian/ star pitcher of the baseball team.High school hadn?t been nearly so kind to me up to thatpoint, but I digress. I returned to his bedside withall four of his yearbooks. He asked me to open to acertain page in his freshman yearbook; on the page washis photo. He then asked me what person was on thepage, and I replied, "Why you, of course." He justshook his head. Lizzie interrupted, ‘Because he specifically asked for you.’ ‘Why? No one heard about the—’ Mary stopped herself. Not even privately would the family speak of the affair with the Viscount of Falmouth. Lord Aubrey had spent a small fortune in bribes quashing servant rumors alone. Mary dropped her eyes, ‘Sister, I did not mean to offend you.’ ‘No, Mary it’s quite all right. I take no offense. I very much enjoy la vie libérée,’ she grinned. Lady Louisa rolled her eyes as Lord Aubrey failed to.