’ She leaned forward and playfully slapped his face and laughed, and he laughed too. ‘Oh, I am turning into a silly old woman, aren’t I?’ ‘S...lly? Mama?’ Toni said. ‘No, not you, not ever.’ ‘But old, Mama?’ Paulo added. ‘You are as old as Vesuvius, and erupt almost as often!’ ‘And just as hot-tempered!’ Paulo and Toni said together, as they had a million times before. ‘Oh, you two!’ She laughed with her sons, and as always, she enjoyed the smiles on their faces — and the love in their hearts.. Alan got up from the table and walked to the men'sroom. The men's room had a sink on one wall and two urinals on the other. The backwall was covered by three stalls. Alan looked around, a little puzzled. Themen's room was empty. He even leaned down and checked under the stalls, buthe saw no one's feet. Alan went to the urinal and relieved himself. As he turnedto walk to the sink, he saw the door of the center stall, which had been closed,swing open slightly. A hand reached out from inside and. ..” Sharon was at a loss for words.“I understand, señorita,” he said, “Nasty men come in all kinds of packages. A single woman alone should always be careful.”They walked over to the car, and Miguel looked in the hood. He looked around and about, looking carefully at different parts and sections on the engine. It was an easy space to work; the 3.8 liter four-cylinder was considerably smaller than the Chevy V-8s and Continental 5.4 liter six-cylinders the car was originally designed to. Like that!" And you?" Har-2 turned to Liot."I was being central, plugged in both ways. Yes, Impler had her mech body modified to male. She was proud of her body, always spending credits on it, but she started out as a cloned soft and some of the habits stayed with her. We were just peaking when she sparked, or at least that was what it felt like to me. I don't remember any loud noise, though I might have been the one who made it."Har-2 routinely flashed the three mechs, but they registered null.