"
Cade stopped on the stairs and looked at her. Mandi's face was -- 'dead'
serious, you could say -- and she made sense.
To confirm, Cade asked, "You're saying that a week from now, you'll be my
only sexual option?"
Mandi's face turned glowering. "Should I slap the hell out of you now, or
let you explain what you really meant?"
Shaking his head, Cade said, "Sorry. Poor choice of words. But you know what
I mean. No unconverted women, right?"
Not terribly mollified, Mandi answered, "Right."
After a moment, Cade asked, "How many converted women are there at present?"
"Two."
"And where are they?"
"Las Vegas. One's a cop. The other runs her own business."
"And there's another woman like you on Earth?"
"Yes. In California."
Some moments passed before Cade said, "Nope. I don't buy it," and continued
down the stairs to the lobby.
In a sharp tone, Mandi called after him, "Just what exactly don't you buy,
Cade?"
Stopping again, Cade said, "In all this time on Earth, you've only converted
two women? She's converted no women? That's what I don't buy, Mandi. It may be
true, but I don't believe it at this very moment.
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