Julie loves you and the others so dearly; I can’t see my proposal and a shift in our relationship changing any of that. I love the others, but ... w...ll, Julie is just so special to me.”“Children?”“Julie has said she wants some – one or two. I do too. I’ve been such a hold out on the matrimonial front that I guess I’ll end up raising my kids more like a grandfather, but I do want them. As you know I’m over twenty years older than Julie.”“Go do it,” I encouraged. “Take whatever time you need to. ”Her face quickly turned red as she finished that sentence while the seven of us all inhaled deeply in surprise.“I know I’m guessing, but Cera and I have talked about it, and we suspect you five are ... lovers.” As a couple of us began to put voice to our reactions, she overrode those reactions by saying, “And it doesn’t bother us. You five seem to be in love. If you’re not, you might want to have a heart-to-heart, because that’s the impression you give to those of us that spend the most time. ?Do what you have to do, and spare me the banter.?The man tuts emotionlessly. ?Well, if you’re not going to be nice to me we can do this the other way,? he says, and picks up a black tool like a blaster gun from the table of instruments. He doesn’t load it with bullets or blast charges though, but with an inconsequential tiny pellet. This weapon he moves under the chair near my upper body, and out of my sight.Any rebelliousness leaves me immediately.?Please, not an implant,? I beg, but he’s. As if my hot flashes weren’t bad enough, I didn’t get the promotion to Assistant Manager that I was expecting. They gave it to Betty Bowman, or Betty Boobs, as we called her. I swear if she had unbuttoned her blouses any further she would have been showing her navel.I had five years’ experience on her, and did my job better, but our manager, James Brooks, couldn’t get his mind out of her cleavage long enough to form a coherent thought. I would have thought that our affair would have counted for.