AnnMarie was the first one to say, “I can’t pee in that. It flies all over the place.”I then got out a big stainless steel mixing bowl.AnnMarie ...really had to go so when I told her that as the judge I had to watch her pee so that she wouldn’t cheat, she agreed. She grabbed me and dragged me into the bathroom. She lifted the seat, placed the big bowl in the toilet, and then closed the seat down on it. She dropped her pants and her panties to her ankles and sat down. When she peed it sprayed all. "Yes, it is. Mr MacGovern has confirmed to me that he sent it."MacMillan picked the plastic bag up again and handed it to Mark. Read it for me please."Mark peered at the e-mail through the plastic and began to read:Dear Mr MacGhee, I hope this message finds you safe and well. I won't waste your time by asking you to forgive me for what I've done - I know that's impossible - but I would like to apologise anyway. You're no doubt aware that someone has been trying to kill you over the past few. Lindsay wasn’t a great poker player, but she liked sitting around with the guys on the ship and flirting. Besides, when you were out in space for months at a time, shit got boring. She had joined the crew of the U.S.S Titan 8 months ago, and they had only made one base stop to pick up Traynor and Suulin. She was glad they had, but her patience was wearing thin. She needed to have some fun, especially if it included sex…and lots of it. Tonight’s game was Texas hold ‘em, and she was not doing. ”“Of course,” I said.The man began to turn, then said, “I thought we might… Tell her there’ll be a nice cheese platter waiting.” This was typical of George, as nice a man as he was. The man worked in cheese, seemed obsessed by the stuff. I swear he could turn any topic of conversation into a discussion of cheese; the weather, robotic engineering, spherical trigonometry. No doubt George imagined world peace could be achieved through companionable indulgence in a bit of Red Leicester.“I’ll do.
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