It was only a few hours till dinner anyway.I spent the time working on my computer researching the price things. I was freaking over the price of the ...mall things I would need. I hadn't even thought to buy a shower curtain, it was things like that, which were going to eat up the money. Then I remembered, I hadn't seen a shower in the tub. The tub was free standing in the middle of the bathroom. The pipes were exposed and I just couldn't remember seeing a shower. That didn't mean there wasn't a. But I was having second and third thoughts about my anticipated romantic interlude with the New York Girl.She was so tiny and thin! She looked like a junior high school kid, only maybe taller. She'd probably never even kissed a boy.The things I had imagined us doing... well. Maybe none of that was going to be in the cards.Next morning after breakfast, Mom and Millie disappeared. "Mom's taking her shopping," my Dad said. "The supermarket and stuff -- and Mom's gonna buy Millie a light jacket.. As far as the other newcomers, Milla, Corock, Susan, Rina, Amber and Maria had joined Lyna and Rona's agricultural team. Yorak's mate Gila joined Mena's gathering parties. Ganor and Wala continued to work with their son Vodor with the horses (under my supervision) and when Nomat was not milking, he and Sonya were co-leaders of our hunters. After Hogat and I cleaned out our milk pails, we picked up our rods and reels and joined the chicken farmers (Jontar, Sula and Veela) for some afternoon. The thick walls muffled the comings and goings in a thick layer of concrete.Sumire knocked on the door.“Come in. Come in.”A middle-aged man greeted them. Tall and wiry, he still had a full head of hair, giving him an ageless appearance.“Been a while, Kimura,” said Sumire.“Five years at least,” the man called Kimura replied before beckoning them inside. The two sat on seat cushions on the floor as their host poured three glasses of barley tea from the fridge. “Relax. Sumire’s told me all about.