" Whaddya mean us, paleface?" Okay, I'm sorry for insinuating that you're a poor little rich boy." At my amused grunt, she continued. "Um, speaking of... apologies... I spoke with Nicki yesterday."Silence."Jordan?" How is Annika?" Very well, actually. She was offered an associate editorship on U.S. News, working out of DC." She must be happy with that, being so close to home," I said tonelessly."She asked about you." I didn't respond, so she continued. "She couldn't bring herself to call or write,. Virginia was one state—there was no West Virginia. Both Carolina's were or would be consolidated into one state when they were settled more fully. They did show up on his rudimentary maps already as Carolina. He had plans to make use of the much better harbor in what would be named Charleston as soon as he could find settlers to build the city. Eventually Charleston would become a major seaport and navy base.Before news of the defeat at Jamestown and sinking the three colony ships reached. I stopped and did a search on super heros and looked at what they wore. I did not think I was a super hero but the suits ... I was a tinker and turned to begin designing. My suit would have three layers, the inner would have dozens of the tiny anti grav generators that would reduce my weight to almost nothing.The middle had a composite armor matrix weave with two dozen force screen generators. The outer layer was designed to block bio scans and generate a camo field. The belt had a dozen small. ?”I shook my head. “His parents moved a couple of years later, so we had one more summer where we had a lot of sex, but after that nothing more. Oh, I still get Christmas cards from him and his husband but that’s that.”“Er... ?” Lia said as she tried to ask the question she wasn’t sure if she could or should ask.I smiled. “No, Lia, no boyfriends since then. I think it was at that time and with him, but since then, no.”Lia nodded. “You’re thinking that what Jessie did for you... ?”I shrugged,.