No words have been exchanged, but he puts his hand in my hair, pulls me forward into a very deep kiss and closes the door. Maybe if I hadn’t already... been wound so tight, I might’ve acted differently, but I let go of the towel and wrap my arms around his shoulders and kiss him back, trying to tell him how I’m feeling, how much I need him right now. My towel is now trapped between us, and it’s only when he pulls back from our embrace that it falls to the floor and I realise my mistake. His eyes. .." I recall a young man telling me that the difference in our ages didn't matter." What, fifteen, sixteen years? But he must be at least twenty-five or thirty years older than you." Charlie has been kind to me, Jimmy." I'm sure he has and we're both appreciative of that, but you belong with me Maria. It's time to thank Charlie for all he's done and come home with me. I want you, I need you Maria... and you need me!"Maria was clearly torn, her eyes kept glancing from Jimmy to the stock room. They will not have a way to find you. Therefore you should be able to leave without peril.” Sheila said with all sincerity.My face twisted into a grimace then I grabbed another lead connecting to her. “Bring up the schematics, plotting the safest track to the device.” I was starting to sweat again; this was dangerous entering the brain case while the positronic brain was active. One wrong move and her entire brain would be destroyed. “Now open the brain pan access point.“Yes Doctor, I have. The other one just kind of happens.”“Exactly. Now, with the husband, I have to be reasonably sure I’m not going to mess up their relationship. So to me, that means he has to affirmatively say ‘yes’, not just say ‘OK’ or that he doesn’t care, or ‘she can do what she wants’.”“I never thought about things that way. That’s how my friend I told you about ended up doing it when she was, uhm, younger. She and a guy were just fooling around but got so excited they did it. He felt really bad afterwards,.