Once people moved in, they tended to stay, but there were two empty houses that I knew about just in passing. We could look at those two first. Eventu...lly, we would have to talk to Bob Smith since he functioned as the mayor of the little community. He might know of other houses that we should look at, so it dawned on me that we should talk to him first.David was driving, so I directed him to head for Bob’s tavern. It was mid-morning, so things were quiet in the tavern, and Bob had time to talk. John and Vailati weren't even sure if HA-001 was alive, at least in the conventional sense.He couldn't remember how the incident with his semen in a Petri dish had come about. It had probably been a stupid bet or dare with Vailati. That was how most of these things started.Vailati had a theory that HA-001's protean nature indicated she had an unstable genome and needed a constant supply of genetic material in order to replenish herself. As theories went it was wild and woolly, but given they'd. She was wild. She growled, "Get your ass in the living room." She dragged me there, and pushed onto the sofa.She yanked her panties off, jumped on top of me, and threw them at my face. "There! See how fucking wet you got me?" And yeah, her panties were very wet, and oh my, they smelled like Heaven! I love the smell of a beautiful woman in heat!I slid my hands under her dress hem and squeezed that gorgeous bottom of hers, and she let out another growl. "Why the fuck do you wear long skirts?" she. ‘So how can I pay you back for the coffee,’ Jamie asked Emma as he sipped the dark brew in front of the coffee shop. She thought for a moment and then finally said, ‘How about you buy coffee tomorrow? Same time, same place?’ ‘Sounds perfect,’ Jamie said with a smile. Emma nodded and they said goodbye, each walking in the opposite direction of the other. Jamie and Emma got coffee every day together for two weeks before Jamie finally worked up the courage to ask her out on a real date. She said.