“Good morning Jasper!”, I greeted him, and felt a surge of affection for the boy as he smiled back timidly.“Have you had breakfast yet?”, I as...ed.He sort-of nodded, then looked past my shoulder at the stairs, before saying: “Can we go upstairs first?”“Of course”, I said, and motioned for him to go ahead. I watched as the boy’s slender figure gracefully bounced up the stairs, and he had already removed his long-sleeved shirt by the time I entered the bedroom.Like the time before, I undressed. We are getting along, aren't we?" Yes, but..." I don't want you to leave, and I think if you'd just stop and think about a few things, you'd figure out that you don't want to go, either."I looked at Eddie, and then stared straight ahead as we walked towards the produce section. I didn't really know what to say. But I was surprised at how fast I started to consider his offer. I could go back home now. I could really say goodbye to my old life, without all of the anger and careless goodbyes, and. “Why?” I asked again.“Because you are a female,” he repeated in an angry voice.“They would all want you, if they knew that you were here,” he added after a few seconds in a whiny voice. He could see that I was looking at him strangely, as he finished.“There hasn’t been a female in here in 4,000 years. Do you have any idea how long all of us have gone without sex?” he demanded in an angry voice.“If you or any of the others think you are going to have sex with me, you had better think again. It. He asked if I would mind coming over to visit him and discuss a matter of importance to him if I had time. I told him I would be happy to, assuming it was a financial estate planning issue, so I packed up my briefcase and headed over to their place.Knocking on the door, I was greeted by his daughter, Gretchen, who invited me in and asked me to sit in the living room while she fetched her dad. I nodded, sat and watched as she trotted across the room. Gretchen was a fetching young woman, guessing.