A loud click could be heard as the mask tightened around her head.Soon a computerized voice could be heard."Female prisoner number 1LEZ4533.Retinal sc...an complete.Fingerprinting complete.Commence microchipping of prisoner."The guard placed a small syringe near the computer."Number 1LEZ4533 confirmed."Next the guard injected the microchip deep into Karen's arm muscle."We put it in so deep it eventually graphs itself into the bone. The only way to remove it is to cut your arm off!"The computer. She touched her lips once, as if in memory, and when she saw me catch her, she mouthed the word ‘wow’. I think that was my undoing. My hand found its way to her thigh often as the evening wore on, she covered it from time to time with her own. The laughter was more subdued, the time still just as enjoyable, as though the laughter had covered some sense of nervousness we experienced. I had never noticed it, not until it disappeared. We made our way to the car, her hand in mine, strolling at a. "How about sixty-sixty?" Or more."He put his drink down and she followed suit. They fell into each other's arms. There were no kisses. They just held each other.That lasted for a while and then they sat back and smiled at each other."Happy, happy, happy!" said Nell."Very, very, very," replied Ralph. "Ecstatic, ecstatic, ecstatic even!"Nell grinned at him. "No need to go OTT."Ralph grinned back. "So what's next?" Lunch and then you're going to go home and collect your toothbrush, Bess's things. Hell, I didn't think I could do it at first." She said, as she finished cooking a set of eggs. "What made you stick with it?" Clare asked, as Annie set the plate of eggs onto the table. "The money? The fame? I dunno. I mean, both were good, but at the same time, it wasn't really a factor." She said, as she went back to the stove. "I guess it was the idea that I could be someone that I wasn't." Annie said, and turned to look at Clare, who looked a bit concerned. "Well. Think about it. You can.