"Mom always says that when you're really *really* close to someone you often think about things at the same time as the other person. I could really f...eel your pain when your boyfriend came to the beach today. I wanted so much to protect you and hold you, it made me very sad."She put her hand under my chin. "Thanks. It was really hard for me too. Especially leaving you. I know exactly what you mean about being sensitive. Sometimes I feel like I have a big antenna on my head, you know? It's like. Pamela said, “I keep the outer clothes but I have way too much for my closets! Would you like some?”Nicole screamed, “Yes! Anything! I love everything!”Pamela smiled at me and asked Nicole, “Are you willing to model any of this stuff for your father and I?”Nicole looked at us and was thinking very hard.Pamela said, “Honey just step around the corner and change then come back in! If you want to become a magazine model you need to get over your shyness!”Nicole lit up and asked, “You think I can. I’m sure that being that young it was just an impulsive decision, but deep down I wanted to be part of such a scientific achievement, and that’s why I chose Science ‘A’ Levels.”“You don’t just see the Space Race as a political thing; an alternative competition to the Cold War?”I shook my head.“I agree with you that the Space Race wouldn’t have happened without the politicians trying to compete against each other; they simply wouldn’t have made the money available even though they must have. As I was plating the food, Mike came out and sat at the table. I served us, pouring us both more wine. I am a good cook, and he obviously enjoyed the meal. I asked him how his workout had gone, how much he’d lifted, how many miles he’d run … all the sorts of things an interested wife would ask her husband. As I spoke, I smelled his fresh clean scent, a hint of Irish Spring soap and Suave strawberry shampoo. He didn’t usually wear cologne, but I swear I smelled something musky, and I imagined it.