"No, not got one of those. Never have had... you left your's at home?" No, same with me... never married."Both women suddenly became slightly more int...rested in their new companion but as they were going to spending quite a bit of time together neither could really ask the other outright, "Are you gay?" because it could be embarrassing if one or other of them was not."Got someone at home though, have you?" asked Louise who ran her tongue over her lips."Did have but not now." Me neither, you and. You are nearly crying when you say, “Oh my gaawwd, I can’t believe this is happening either!!” Then you beg me, “Please …… please don’t tell Mommy what I am doing!”I lift your chin to look you in the eyes. “Jennifer, I won’t tell your mommy about your job on two conditions. The first condition is that you can’t tell her that I hired someone from an escort service while I was here.” You nod your head yes. “And the second condition is that you have to finish the job that I hired you for.”“But. .." She took a deep breath, looking a little nervous. "I've beenworried about you. And I couldn't help noticing that you've been kindof...well zoned out today. Do you want to talk about it?"I stared at her silently for a moment, wondering if I should...or forthe matter, if I even could. Everything was still so new to me...soconfusing. I didn't even know how to explain it all to myself much lessher, nor was I really sure that I could trust her with something thatpersonal. Finally it was the. Will it take you a long time to install the new engine?”“I should be done in an hour, less if you guys help too,” Dana said with a grin. “Replacing the Gatling lasers should only take about ten minutes each, but I’ll have to fabricate new turret housings for them first. I can get the mass fabricators working on the parts for those while we fit the engine, so we shouldn’t have to wait.”“Well, sounds like we have a plan then,” John said, as he smiled at them. “I’ll help you fit the engine if you.