He'd been sodepressed all week, and he would be in the house all to himself while theirmother went on the Caribbean Cruise she'd won through work, as ...she andtheir mother had told him. She'd be gone all week, but it was the weekendthat worried Carol.Brian's mother had sat down with him and they'd had the usual discussion."Brian I'm worried about you, you never go out with friends." I don't have any Mom. Not even Brenda or Brandi hang out anymore." Well I know you're interested in girls. I see. Still, it was something that should have been done more carefully, or at the very least, done more purposely.Carol brought out my food, and I tucked in, enjoying it as much as always.I loved the idea of the Charity, and I loved the idea of having Sam help me to do that. But I also knew he was uncomfortable with the rewards he was getting. He saw it as too much in return for the level of work he was doing. The more I thought about it, the more sure I was that he would be more comfortable as an. I woke in a large room with the three girls huddled in one corner on a large mat. I shook my head and sat up, "I wish he would stop doing that."For some reason there was a smell in the air that had me turning my head to find the cause. It was a light musky scent that was arousing. I realized it was coming from one of the girls and pushed back against the wall to think. The girl with the black fur and silver spots sniffed the air and looked at me before saying something to the other girls.She. Evan stood up and greeted his boss."Can't sleep?" enquired McCock waving Evans back into his seat and joining him on a lift chair on the other side of the small alcove."Haven't slept much at all since the battle" Evans paused,"It's not so much the nightmares it's the horrors and the night sweats. The nightmares are all in the hospital ship.You know, I don't have any recollection whatsoever of events that day. I remember an impact without any noise which hit just aft of the Boat Bay and then.