"With the bill voted on and passed by the House, Gabrielle was upset but knew the silly passage which was loaded with pork for the Speaker of the Hous...e to her constituents in the San Francisco Bay Area would be shot down by the Senate. It would frustrate her more than the criticism she received for making the unauthorized trip to the Middle East a few years ago.Representative Cunningham checked for any last minute concerns in her office then left for the day. Chris met her out front of the. "Please, before you hang up, I don't know her very well, I just met her last week. My name is Sandy Sparks."There was some muffled noise on the phone, and the voice on the other end of the line changed. "Miss Sparks?"Sandy exhaled. Relax, girl. Calmly, you're the Ice Queen. "Sandy, please." Sandy, Chief Kostowe called me last evening, with some very interesting news about a family friend. I suppose this call is related?"Sandy sighed. "Yes, ma'am. How much did the Chief explain?" As much as he. But if she was going to be inconsiderate, that was just fine with him. She'd once again confirmed that he was correct to loathe humanity as a whole. All human beings were like that - only wanting to use you and then throw you away like Monica had. Clearly she had got what she wanted from Derek and now wanted nothing more to do with him. He scowled. Well screw her, he thought. I never said I wanted to be her friend or her fuck toy. She just assumed that I'd have no problem with it and did what. You aren't going to mess with the gestation period are you Tonto?" Sandra asked."No," came the rich baritone voice from Ellie's mouth. "That isn't something that I can improve upon although once you are connected it would be possible to use your OLNs to do some tweaking if there were problems. That would be much easier than in-vitro surgery but we can rely upon the nanites to make those corrections automatically."Tonto continued, "Sandra, if you are willing may I suggest that you shower before.