" He took another bite of his ham and said, "in return we give you no presents this year for your birthday or Christmas."Laura looked at him as he loo...ked thoughtfully at his ham, "What do you think, Stan," she asked."Well, they having their own van can definitely be helpful, but, I need to think better about exactly how many birthday and Christmas gifts our share would truly be worth. I am an accountant remember! Not to mention that—" he looked over his shoulder and called, "Amy can I get that. Love you!” “I love you too, honey. Bye.” Jacques knocked again. “Ella, are you there? We are going to walk over to the church. Do you want to come?” They walked along the river to get to the cathedral. Nicole and a new friend of hers, Simon, walked ahead, arm in arm. They made a cute couple, Ella thought. Nicole had on another of her short skirts, exposing her slim pale legs, and a turtleneck that hugged her curves. Simon was tall and mixed-race, with a mop of curly black hair and a chiseled. Since it was broad daylight and I wasn't carrying anything that looked worth stealing, I didn't think it was an attempt to mug me, and walked closer. As I did, I could begin to see the back of the woman's head as it bobbed up and down in his lap. By this time I realized that I didn't know these people, but since I'm not a complete stranger to public sex, I realized what was going on: they wanted me to watch. With just a couple of minutes to either serve the summons or watch this silly couple. This technology must not fall into the hands of those who would misuse it."I was easy to convince. As soon as they left, I scheduled a staff meeting for the next day. Dina and Gunnar gave their presentations for the group, and they were just as impressed as I had been. Unlike me, Tina caught on to the implications immediately. Gunnar had thought ahead, however. Each device that employed dark matter had a self-destruct included in the design. When triggered, it would render the inside to nothing.