" And are you linked with them?" the Colonel was clearly disgusted."No. All the creatures are male. But it really doesn't matter if I was or not. I'm ...ot leaving my daughter."The colonel looked around for a moment thinking, "Are you saying that all of these creatures are male and in some way mated to her and that she not only had your child but had theirs?" No, just one. The one that is covering her now. They're so closely connected it's more like their married. He is also the leader of this. When I was away, they took care of my house and when they were away I reciprocated. Connie and Gary wer in Vegas. She was afraid that she hadn't turned the air conditioning up to 80. I told her not to worry that I would take care of it. I fetched my key from the cabinet in the hall and headed across the yard. We both had nice lawns with perennial gardens. Gary and Connie loved the yard work. Many times they helped me. We had installed a gate in the white picket fence that surrounded our. I caught my breath and let my body get used to sitting down with the plug in before I started to make light conversation."So I'm surprised you didn't go for a table au derriere," I joked while he perused the menu. "Do you think they have hot buns as a starter? I'd love some right now. My drive was just peachy by the way, I think the valet parked my car in the rear, I hope he doesn't move the seat."Crickets."Oh for fucksake, not even a smile? Peachy? Peach? Like the emoji?" I asked. If the three of us were to keep alight the flame of Crystal Passion we’d be more likely to emulate Underworld or Portishead and pursue a career on the dance floor, while I’m sure Madeleine would prefer we followed the examples of Joy Division after Ian Curtis committed suicide or Genesis when Peter Gabriel left (though I don’t think Jane would relish being the band’s Phil Collins). ‘So, what do we do now?’ Madeleine wondered. ‘There’s an album to be released and I know that Ben from Gospel.