I was hoping Karlie would stay there, but she grabbed her plate and followed me. As I rinsed plates, she stood there with her glass, slowly sipping it... and looking at me. When I bent over to put the plates into the dishwasher, I felt a hand on my ass! "Karlie!" She laughed and let go, stepping back and drinking again from her wine. I realized now that she'd probably finished most of the Shiraz herself. I was a little drunk, enough to be horny, but much more in control of myself. "You can look. “True,” Lauralla nodded.“Space station?” Kirim asked.“Got one spare?” I chuckled.“We might have,” Lauralla replied thoughtfully.“Really?”“Yes. The one above Vermoth is being replaced in about a hundred planetary rotations. I’m pretty sure it could be towed into the border space and used to stage the wedding. It’s too big to be easily taken out by anything, and no doubt the Empire and Emirate will have a fleet stationed nearby.”“Seems a reasonable compromise,” I nodded. “Though let’s see what. .) but it turns out, she's a very clever girl... And, although he does not know this yet, not sexually innocent!!! There was a stable boy... And a friend of Her father’s... And her French piano tutor...Tonight, she’s being chaperoned by her aged aunt... Dame Agatha... Who likes a drink and is plied by the captain with champagne until the point where she gets tipsy and feels the need to lay down for a time!The captain says to a servant, "Dame Agatha needs a short rest... Is there a private room,. .. or a teacher... is going to take advantage of her." Sounds like she's like we were at that age. How about David?" He's pretty quiet. I think he feels out of place... the only guy in a house full of half-sisters. But he's OK and I bet before long... he's only twelve... or maybe now thirteen... he' going to be looking for girls. I got a glimpse of him out of the shower last week. He's going to be hung like a horse."Cindy blushed at her friend's crude remark. "Any news? Like who's doing whom.