Even though the heat radiated in through the glass, the car remained fresh and I felt alert at the wheel."Jim..." Laura said to me. "How long before w...e get through the roadworks?" "Well, we have to get to them before we can get through them," I replied. "Perhaps fifteen or twenty minutes more?" I said shrugging.The car went quiet again. Its machine-like sounds filled my ears: the continuous blowing of the air-con, the hum from the engine and an inaudible drone from some guy talking on the. Mike was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt despite the limited success of the field operations and the expanding influence of the non-pacified regions.They had a choice of setting up their own camps on the former parade grounds of a deserted military installation near the water or to take over one of the "hotels" in the downtown area that was commandeered for the duration. Since the hotel was sort of an aging flea bag, he decided that their own camp was the better choice and they. It was labeled a two-day weekend pass. They reluctantly guessed that they were stuck like this for the rest of the weekend.Since Gidget was now the guy, she asked Biff to go out with her that night for dinner and dancing. Before Biff could consider the possibilities of dining and dancing as a woman, he surprised himself by saying yes. He already knew which dress of Gidget's he wanted to wear, the choices in her closet suddenly becoming clear in his mind.This was going to be a freaky. She thought about it constantly, but never acted on it with me or any other living person besides herself. I swear that every minute we spent together in person, I could smell her potent pheromones even over her perfume, and the scent drove me wild with unrequited passion. Every move I’d make to bring my body close enough to hers to make a move, she’d wriggle away from like I had the plague. She was terrified of sexual contact, yet fascinated in the extreme by the idea. It wasn’t that Ruth was.