‘Ho, no. it’s just a couple of people I know. Isn’t this place great?’ ‘Yes. It’s great,’ He smiled back at her. At that point, Jolene w...s already swaying her head and shaking her pelvis to the music. And David was standing there, in the heart of all the dancing, like a single blond hair on the fur a black rabbit. He didn’t feel like he belonged there. ‘So, are you just going to stand there, or are you going to join me?’ she asked smiling. David looked down at his feet, his black derby shoes. "Ok, ok, spare me the 'carry-on' innuendo," I said, waving the lantern around the lawn. "Pick ya spot for the blanket." It's about time you cut the holly back around that apple tree," she chided, walking up to within a couple of yards of it. "How about there at the bottom of the bank?" she suggested, indicating the slight rise in the ground which led up to the low wall that separated our patch from the fields behind."Suits me" I said, unrolling the mylar then laying it flat between us before. That person couldn’t transfer them, though. I tasked Sheringa with assuring that each member of my family was inoculated with nanites. I did allow the nanites in my pregnant female relatives to be passed on in utero to their unborn children.I left my brothers in charge of the 597 slaves. I decided against taking them to Planet Alpha, preferring to use androids for all the work. They could use or sell the slaves. If they sold them, they were to be treated the same as the Lochnagari slaves. If. The job market was tough for a girl straight out of high school. My mother left when I was little and my father was a drunk and broke. My goal was to save up my money and go to college. I would leave this small town behind. Of that I was sure.I kept walking down the very dark street as my phone buzzed in my purse. Digging around I finally found it. It was a text from the delivery company saying my package arrived! Finally one good piece of news. I hurried home ignoring the usual group of older.