I was able to dream about having a tiny version of Inez to spoil. We considered keeping that little detail a secret from everyone else, but gave in to...the non-stop pressure (especially from the two very excited prospective grandmothers) to spill the beans. We decided on a name fairly quickly – but that, we did keep under wraps.At about the same time, we received news that there was another member of the expectant mothers' club: Evie. "It makes perfect sense," laughed Inez. "Ev and I always did. ..BUT SHE MUST EXIST IN THEIR REALM. SHE MUST BE THERE FOR THE RECKONING,said one memory-phantom.THEN WE MUST USE WHAT THE SISKO CALLS "CHANGE", said another.Another warned: WE CANNOT INTERFERE WITH WHAT IS FIXED IN THEIR TIME.NO. BUT WE CAN ALTER THAT WHICH IS HERE WITH US...Anyway, to make a long story full of lofty alien double-talk short, Iwas relieve that they were deciding not to remove me from linear time---(which sounded too much like "Let's kill her and put her out of hermisery" for my. She tilted her head back giving him ample room to search for it.He moved his hand to the other breast and spiraled upward in the same choreographed tease, coming close to the areola, but not touching. She breathed deeply and sharply as his hand neared the tip and as his tongue found that ideal place on her neck. Her sharp breath turned into mild panting and soft moaning.After a few minutes, the tips of his fingers brushed against the nipple. Her mild panting was interrupted by a quick intake.. "Laura nods, distractedly, like she didn't really hear me. She opens her lips to speak, but nothing comes out. I watch her swallow, hard. Her mouth is so beautiful. Lips thin but round, and firmer than I'd imagined, with small white teeth. I love to watch her talk, because her bow-shaped mouth is hypnotic in its movements. She has a small scar by the right corner of her mouth, maybe a chicken pox scar from childhood. I don't know exactly what it is, and I never thought it appropriate to ask,.