" So you see where I'm coming from now?"She nodded. "I do. And you know what?" What?" I think I kind of like the idea."Mars Capitol Building, New Pitt...burghAs soon as Laura Whiting entered her outer office Cyndee — her secretary — glared at her in a most unfriendly way. It was understandable. She had been worried about her, just like always."Where have you been, Governor?" Cyndee demanded. "You were gone for three hours!" Sorry, Cyndee," she said, actually feeling bad. "I had some business to. They stayed locked together for eternity until the effects began to recede. Dave felt suddenly cold, a mixture of the falling room temperature and the evaporation from his sweat covered body. He stood on shaky legs and looked down at Megan."I don't know about you," he said, "but I'm going back to bed."He staggered towards the bedroom, stopping at the doorway to look back. Megan was just a few paces behind him; he waited for her to catch up and they continued hand in hand to the bed.Megan. "That a great result for Eve and her sister, but I'd like to run your watermark test over the results. If Eve passed on the answer statistics from the normal women, and if that's what they're using to pass the tests, then we should be able to detect the cheating."I've got your new scan data too. They've got full-body scans now, with all tissue types."Cassie continued chatting while the data was transferred from her drive, telling Julie about the twins, and the get-together, and they both agreed. When I woke up, it took me a few minutes to realize my predicament. I was standing with by legs spread and my bare feet on the deck. When I tried to move them, I felt something tighten around my ankles. I could feel pressure on my wrists holding my arms over my head. There was something behind my teeth holding my mouth open apparently held there by a strap around my head. When I opened my eyes everything was blurry but I could see shapes like people. I tried to scream, but couldn't make a.