I guess ... I guess I'm just really worried about it, though." If you weren't worried, we all would be," Phyllis chimed in.Arlene's response at Sarah'... arrival home actually helped Sarah a great deal. Arlene was almost completely tongue-tied, she blushed ferociously, and she did her best to hide herself from Sarah for the rest of Saturday. Sarah did not have to pretend that she was now in the superior position - there was no doubt about it.Given the strength of Arlene's reaction, Julie. A big party for a friend of mine." Is he single?" No but if he were, I wouldn't be interested in him."After going through all my emails, I saw nothing too important so I deleted them all. I opened my snail mail which I put some aside for later perusing and the others went into the trash. A large envelope caught my attention from the Harris Bank. Opening it, I saw that I had twenty million dollars in my various accounts. Checking, savings, certificate of deposits, many other investments handled. If we had to, we could feed a large crowd with the products from this replicator. Hunter for Bear and Tracker will no longer need to hunt unless they want to, so life should get very much easier for them. I just hope that they don’t get too fat.” We both laughed at that.“Okay, now I have another gift from the gods for you.” A few punches on the buttons and a short wait produced a blaster identical to mine. “Sunshine, this is a very powerful weapon. It may not look like much, but it can destroy. " "Maybe I did," he went rigid as he saw the tears streaming down her cheeks. "Maybe I do, but I didn't think I would ever... no matter how drunk I got. I didn't... You don't understand." "What don't I understand?" He was starting to get worried now. "Your mother and I..." Rachel had to stop for a moment as she was almost overcome with sobs. "I know she never talks about it, but our father abused us. Physicly, mentally, and sexually, and both of us swore that it had to stop when he died. That's.