You're easy, though." Could be." Is." She finished the cleaning, threw the tissues aside and turned back to me, her face close to mine. "Now listen. W...e have something here. It's nice. It's sexy, too. And it's fun. But it's not love, and it's not permanent. The upside is fairly good. My sister wants you, too." She does?" She surely does. That's not love either." No." Good."I paused, thinking. "Steph?" Uh huh?" What ... How does Heather fit into this?" Ahhh ... I'm not sure it's ... I shouldn't. Kissed her cheek. Drew back to smile at her."You look gorgeous, sweetie."Julie blushed."Thanks, Dad."My spouse grabbed her for another hug and another kiss.When she let Julie go I noticed Julie's nipples had decided to join the party. No bra tonight, her neckline just loose enough to be interesting. I was interested. I think my spouse was, too, but there was no way in hell we were going to let Julie know.My spouse whispered in Julie's ear, and giggled.Julie gave her a look. Then a grin."I know,. This time, she pressed a red button witha picture of an up arrow on it, pointing back towards the original opening.The machine began to hum again, but this time, the rollers began to pullthe flattened ball back into the machine. After a couple of seconds, themachine stopped whirring and Anna reached back into the top pulling backout the same basketball."See, told you this worked!" she said cheerfully. "Now, you owe me $250.Will that be cash or check?"Part 2: Experiments At HomeAfter 30. "Okay... okay, Mai Ling, you may..."There was a sudden thumping knock on the door that made him jump. "What the fuck?!" he muttered. "Shit. All right, never mind that. We stay quiet and they'll..."Another thumping knock, louder this time, and a voice, "I must insist you open the door, please. I must check on the welfare of my charge."Ned looked completely puzzled. What the hell is he talking about? he thought.He looked down at Mai Ling. She was still stroking herself, but her movements were.