And waited. There was no reply. Three days went by and only silence. Had I offended him? Was he so infatuated with me that my offer of a one-time ...ffair was unacceptable?On my end, I had accepted the idea that I’d fulfill my fantasy within the 7 days Ishmael had decreed. I wanted it. I was angry with Ishmael that he was so rude as to apparently reject my offer.“Ishmael. What is wrong? Is it not enough that I’ve offered my body to you? Are you not going to reply to me? If you are not. Taking her place at the stove Jessica began to cook Gene's breakfast, when she was done she placed the plate in front of him and took her seat next to him, "When your done eating I thought we could go to the back yard and play again, if your up to it?" Jessica said looking hopefully as Gene shoveled her cooked bacon strips into his mouth."Up to it?" Gene shot back in surprise, "Who wouldn’t be up to cooking you delicious body?" he added as he continued to chew of strips of perfectly cooked. Anne had taken her shoes off, so he could nuzzle her neck without having to tilt up to do so."'Twas always going to be thus, ' you know," he said softly into her ear. "Elaine's first loyalty was to Susan. Denise knew that, really. Hell, even I could see that." And you're nearly blind when it comes to people? You're not really that bad, Stan, you just don't pay enough attention most of the time. But still, it had to hurt Elaine as well as Denise. I hope those two, Elaine and Susan, don't split. ’ You say that a lot. ‘It fits a lot of situations.’ Having decided that there was no hope in trying to take control of the shuttle’s course, Betty resumed her game with the navigation unit. This was the third round they had played, and Betty was starting to wonder what kind of a computer the navigation unit really was, it took hours to think out it’s moves and it invariably lost. She moved her knight forward, captured a pawn and put his king in check. Check. The computer hummed for a minute,.