”“No I haven’t heard anything about that large of an order from Sergei. I doubt we received his order for the person I assigned to support him w...uld have needed me to approve a large order like that.”“Then I’ll assume he is waiting to discuss his plans with me.“The last item we need to talk about is the products the Archer Conglomerate will be selling on Earth. I’ll let Sandy talk with you on another occasion, since she is your representative. She may not know enough about Earth, yet, to. "What am I buying?" Alicia asked."Whatever you were going to -- plus enough to feed me," I replied. "Get us through the weekend, anyway." I wasn't getting much..." Splurge a little, then," I directed. "Get something you want that you wouldn't have. Get two or three somethings..."So we're up and down the aisles, Alicia asking, "Do you like this? What about that?" -- and me basically answering, "As long as I don't have to cook it..." Little Angela wanted out of the seat, so I did the hip ride. But she claimed she Had no recollection of the day of the accident at all, so she couldn’t tell me. The thing I was really upset about had been her attitude when she got home that night. I had never stopped her going out with her friends, the same as she didn’t object when I went for a drink with the guys. But we always let each other know what was going on so that we wouldn’t worry. For the next few months, things appeared to go on as normal, but I noticed that there was a greater distance. We'll have to see how she reacts when it actually does."Charlie's car was parked in front of the house as we drove up. We pulled in the driveway and were on our way to the stairs when Mary opened the kitchen door."Hey, guys. You got a few minutes?"I looked at Jack and he nodded. "Sure. Give us about five minutes."Bozo was waiting to go downstairs as soon as we opened the door. I just stood there at the top of the stairs as he went into the back yard and did his best to distribute his urine.