"She's having a lot of problems." She'll get over him," Dad replied. "She's a pretty girl. Some otherguy will catch her attention, she'll go out wit...h him, and she'll forgetall about Adam." That's pretty harsh, Matt," Mom countered sharply. "Even if youdidn't think he was good enough for her, she still cared for him."Denise felt her anger rise at her parents' words. She barged into thekitchen, her eyes blazing. "What do you mean, not good enough for me?"she screamed at them. "Are you. Like the phantom she'd been before, nothing precise could ever be pinned down, but she was out there somewhere. The lull that had existed over the last twelve years was over.Anna was taking more chances now. Although her grassroots organization had always been broken into cells to limit any damage from betrayal, now she spoke to groups in robot churches that also included humans. Many of those humans opted to wear blinders to protect Madame X's identity, since memory erasure wasn't an option. " Andy, this is my nature, okay? If we don't do this, I know me. I'llhave an affair. Maybe two. Maybe you'll find out. Maybe you'll be angry.Maybe we won't get over it. It's better if we're out in the open."I nodded."So what do you feel, Andy?" she said.I bit my lip. "I find the idea scary," I said. "And erotic. I feelangry. And excited. I feel betrayed. And I want to see it. I want topunch Ricky in the mouth. And I want to see you kiss him. I'm worried.I'm, well, erect." Why are you worried. He gave her the injections to kill her longing for any sex at all and then called our family physician and updated him about Sallys condition. Almost immediately, an ambulance arrived to pick up Sally and transport her to a local sanitarium where she could looked after by our doctor for the short time necessary. I got my company to transfer me far away to another state temporarily. I had a big promotion coming, along with a move overseas for two years, pending. Sally got out of the sanitarium,.