"That's being arranged for Minister." Selene said evenly. "In the meantime perhaps you can tell me where Mister Talco has disappeared too. I would sur...ly like to speak with him about a great many things."Cho'ta looked at her. "What are you talking about?" He snapped.Selene held up the data pad. "He departed Eden City's spaceport with you and your delegation Minister Cho'ta." Selene spoke calmly. "However he did not exit that same transport with you at the Transport Connection Hub to return to. "Go ahead; jest take a look!"At times like this there was something dumb about his eyes that always bothered Billie. Not just because of their washed-out color or shallow depth, but because sometimes she caught Jed staring at her in a way that made him seem not really human at all. She wondered lots of times what thoughts Jed had in his mind that could make him look like that.Innocently, she snapped the rubber band off and slipped the first photo out from under the piece of cardboard."Oh, God!". It was almost midnight by the time he got home. He was very tired, but was looking forward to seeing Ann. It had stopped raining but was cold and windy and James was looking forward to warming himself in Ann’s embrace. The house was quiet when he unlocked the door, and he could see a soft light from the bedroom. The lamp on the night stand was on, and James could see that Ann had fallen asleep reading. He picked up the book from where it lay on the bed and put it on the night stand. He. He felt swollen and felt some thing pushing upagainst his chest. Looking down he was amazed to see a pair of breasts anda bikini top on his chest, pushing into the wall he was holding onto. Hewas confused for a second, then realized that someone must have put a pairof those costume breasts on him as a joke. Well, he thought, it wasn'tfunny.He looked around and saw that he was hanging onto the edge of an outdoorswimming pool, and that he was alone. He wondered how he got there thendecided to.