"She's right. I won't deny that most investigations take me into the underside of our communities, but this place has a higher percentage of the aggre...ssive personality types that make things frustrating."Linda nodded, but then gave me a questioning look. "How did that concubine get here? I mean this is a military ship, so I don't think she lives here."It was my turn to smile. "There is a Kilo class pod carrier in orbit nearby, the Townhouse. The pods it carries are the homes for people. And later he could make out from a half-glimpsed half-heard conversation she had with his son that she wanted him to postpone his advances for a while. Robert took it philosophically, it seemed (they had two weeks together, as we've said) and he went to bed early. Holly stayed and talked with him for a while. Only a few minutes after Rob's door closed that night, however, she moved up to him on the couch and reached out her arms."I want you very much," she said to him.He pulled away and. Ami’s best friend was named Susan and they, along with Mary, were in the backyard one warm spring night, swimming in the above ground pool. Susan had wrung the water from her hair when they saw a light flash on in the bathroom. To their surprise, the curtains were not pulled and there, standing in the light was Ami and Mary’s dad. Apparently he was washing up for dinner. The girls didn’t think much about it until they saw him take off his shirt. Now Ami and Mary had seen their father many times. I checked that I had locked the doors.A group of women of about my age glanced in my direction as they crossedthe road in front of me as I struggled to remove my jacket and put it onthe passenger seat before the lights changed.At last I was free of my jacket.I noticed that my captors had shaved my arms as I looked down at myalmost bare shoulders, my breasts and the straps of my bra and slip. Ifelt under my right armpit. I had no hair there either.The top of my slip had a lace trim too.I.