"If your daddy was still here, he'd tell you about things, things a boy as grown as you should know."I was very embarrassed. "I know all about that, M...ma," I said. I wanted to drop the subject. Her eyes narrowed, and she laughed. "What do you know?" Fact of the matter, I was about as ignorant as a boy can be. All I had was the vaguest of vague ideas picked up in smutty schoolyard talk. "Have you ever seen a girl," she pressed, "what a girl looks like?" She was the only woman I'd ever seen naked. By her side, Anita decided on a costume and a mask of Snow White.The party was in full swing by the time we got there and it was fun trying to guess who was who amongst our friends. After a couple of hours having drinks, dancing and chatting with everybody I soon discovered that my loving Ana had disappeared from my sight.I stumbled upstairs through the enormous mansion and walked down a long hallway, where I heard a strange noise coming from behind one of the doors that I assumed was a. It sort of pays for our work." We have some very famous psychiatrists." No offence intended but I understand more about this facet of medicine than any doctor on Earth and I'm not the most educated in this, either." But you're Human?" Yes, and so are the natives of Bejek. There has been a small amount of drift but that is common among isolated groups, even on Earth. Earth Humans can learn just as fast or as slow as those on Bejek. Since you know about me, how are my parents doing? I didn't. "Audra moved back to the stove to check on the bacon. Irma spoke as she moved off. "You know you really do need to invite your parents to your wedding. No matter what they did, they are your parents."I winced as Irma said this, knowing how vehemently Audra had reacted when I made the same suggestion.Audra turned back to us as if she was pondering a response. Then she turned back to her bacon, saying nothing. I stared at her as I rose to get a cup of coffee. It was almost as if she was cooking.