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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin – it’s the triumphant twang of a bedspring.<\/strong><\/p>\n S.J. Perelman<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Back at the Cave, the two ships were unloaded and everyone found rooms.<\/p>\n \u201cM1 meet M2 or you from another\u00a0future.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher scan both Hawking and Einstein for implants.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEinstein has a small implant in his right-hand Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCheck his DNA, see if he has been altered?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo signs Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLorelei, get my Mother and Einstein to the med lab as fast as you can.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAlbert, you have a Lizard implant in your hand, we need to remove it immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPlease yes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMom, I need you to remove it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI need to put him out.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo need, Watcher can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary cut out the implant and Cristian grabbed it and jumped into the Ascalon.\u00a0He took it back to the future cave and threw it out an open hatch to the rubble below. Then he flew home.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen did you go, Cristian?\u201d Asked Lorelei.<\/p>\n \u201cI just had to drop something back at the cave we just blew up.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWill that fool them?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo, probably not, but it’s better there than here.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody settled in?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey are all huddled around the dream team.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDoes anyone blame Einstein for the deaths in the future?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMary didn\u2019t tell them.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cProbably better that way. I saved you some supper. Interested?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYour cooking, sweetie, always.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere is fresh coffee and apple pie.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou had me at coffee.\u201d \u201cMom got a minute?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSure.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI understand you kept quiet about the implant, thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was the right thing to do. It wasn’t Albert\u2019s fault.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhere did you take it?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTo your house, or should I say crater. The whole side of the mountain is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGood place for it.\u201d<\/p>\n She looked over at Lorelei in the kitchen. \u201cShe is a good woman, Cristian. You could not have done better in any time.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI know Mother, she is my everything.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe feels the same Son, as it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCan any of your people fight?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey want to, but they are scientists.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMom, I am going to say hi to Hawking and Einstein privately.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cStephen, Albert would have told you about the implant.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cKeep that to yourself, these people watched their friends slaughtered as a result. Albert, this is not your doing, do not take responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt makes me angry, Cristian.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMe too, we know when they are to leave to attack. I plan to destroy their base before that happens. I was going to blow up their ship inside their base, but I don\u2019t want to give it up.”<\/p>\n \u201cI hear you tortured one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNope, just threatened to make a new pair of boots out of him. He says there are only twenty, I am sure that means two hundred or more. They are in a multilevel underground installation. If you two have any ideas on how to destroy them, let me know. I am going to have some food. I see Lorelei bringing supper over. We can discuss it later. I see your fan club is waiting patiently for you anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYa, it is a great discussion we are having. Good idea to bring M2 back with you. Two robots are better than one\u201d said Albert.<\/p>\n Cristian smiled. Lorelei brought his supper and sat with her husband and watched him eat. It was her reward for the cooking. She had made him a couple of fat veggie burgers with fresh tomatoes from the greenhouse and a big chunk of cheddar, \u00a0TVP bacon and some macaroni on the side. He gulped down almond milk chased with a shot of coffee. Man, he loved good food, and he loved the redhead sitting across from him. When he got to the apple pie, he made extra noises of contentment for his bride. He didn\u2019t need to fake them. Her pie was the best he had ever tasted, with lots of cinnamon, but not much sugar.<\/p>\n \u201dA meal fit for a king. Hail to the king, baby.\u201d Lorelei moved in closer for the kiss.<\/p>\n \u201cI need to keep your strength up, husband. This pregnancy has made me very\u201d and she whispered the rest in his ear should the occupants of the cafeteria hear.<\/p>\n \u201cNow?\u201d he smiled.<\/p>\n \u201cYes please husband.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary looked over and smiled, it was good to see her son happy.<\/p>\n \u201cLorelei, we are going to clean up the kitchen, you two look tired, you should go and rest.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am feeling a little tired, Mother,\u201d He said, looking over at Lorelei.<\/p>\n \u201cWatcher get the M\u2019s to fortify the rear door top and bottom, maybe it will help in the future. Scramble the command codes every ten minutes from now on.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWill do, Cristian, I won\u2019t disturb you unless needed.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCristian out.\u201d<\/p>\n When they were out of sight, he picked up Lorelei in his arms and carried her to the bed. He had his way with his wife.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was, vigorous husband,\u201d she said, taking a deep breath.<\/p>\n \u201cMust be that short dress you were almost wearing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe one lying in shreds on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIs that okay?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMore than okay, Husband.\u201d<\/p>\n She lay there, head on his chest, she studied her Husband\u2019s body soaked in sweat. \u201cWhat again husband. A woman\u2019s work is never done.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOh, I get it, a quick seven or eight times, and you want to quit.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo Husband, I am just getting started.\u201d he was genuinely afraid at that moment.<\/p>\n \u201cYikes.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TEMPUS CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin – it’s the triumphant twang of a bedspring. S.J. Perelman Back at the Cave, the two ships were unloaded and everyone found rooms. \u201cM1 meet M2 or you from another\u00a0future.\u201d \u201cWatcher scan both Hawking and Einstein for implants.\u201d \u201cEinstein […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-122","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7iYfp-1Y","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1182,"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122\/revisions\/1182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/tempusone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n