The colorful knit sweater he wore over his large frame complimented the dark chocolate hue of his skin. He leaned back in the chair, his large hands c...asped over his stomach and added, ‘Everyone does.’ ‘A pleasure, Doc’ Lori smiled. Next to Doc sat an attractive woman with obsidian black eyes and premature lines around her beautiful features. Lori was struck by her simple yet exotic looks, but then she imagined most people were upon seeing her. Beyond her face, there was something Lori sensed. ." Ida: "Well, don't be afraid to try. I know I don't cook like your mom, but she is more friends with Uncle Ben, the Green Giant, and Chef Boy-R-Di than I am. I have tried to make friends in the neighborhood, so we always eat good at my house.." "Mrs. Robinson sent that pie over, too." "Oh my sweet lord Jesus, yes. Sweet potato pie and a bunch of O's from my sweetie. I am good, hon, your old Aunt Ida is rockin 'and rolling out here. After we eat and do the dishes, it's movie night. it turns. That he was still trying to be a gentleman about it only made his attention more exciting. Watching her miniature reaction closely, and hoping to give the photographer in the bush something to get glossy prints of, Dean opened one button on Michelle’s blouse – second one down. Around the couple, at decently-spaced intervals, other couples and families were stretched out on the lawn. No one was watching openly– only the felt presence in the shade. Through the small opening that he had made,. He’d been in the tube for close to ten hours while Yolanda, who’d been in the tube the longest of any of the women, had only been in hers for six. The first few to come out, Sophia and Whiskey, had waited, but after an hour of watching nothing more than the other women coming out of the tubes in ones and twos, they’d elected to return to their pod.The others had apparently opted to stay and wait for Calix – except Alicia, who’d come home looking slightly perplexed. When the AI had announced.