The driver could scan the radio bands for 10 minutes on each hour. Maybe we would be lucky.Our trip south was not very productive. All we saw was more...of California with no people or any other animals. Now that we were looking for them, it was kind of depressing not to see any birds. It was not surprising that we did not see any dogs or cats, but the lack of birds struck an emotional chord. Strangely enough, we could forgive the ETs for killing the potentially dangerous humans, but killing all. The conflict began when the sound of children yelling erupted, the first strike was thrown by Victor a tall boy wearing an expressive coat and a smug smile of superiority on his charming face. His hands protected from the cold by his leather gloves as he mockingly tossed a snowball into the air and caught it again whilst his eyes searched for a target.Aside of the boy cowered his younger sister Victoria who, like her brother, wore a costly coat with a hint of colour that Victor’s coat lacked. " Thanks. Maybe less important now, but when I was talking to Mom last night she had trouble accepting your financial success. I had a mental note to ask you to transfer my parents' share into their account on Monday. There's no reason why not, is there? Not for such a small amount." How about I transfer a chunk into your Corvallis account on Monday morning, and you write out checks for the other disbursements. Holding her check should please your mother. Do you remember the shares?" I'm not. Sarah wanted to really change it up, but she was sure Jim would not reactwell to what she wanted. Nevertheless, she figured there was only one wayto be certain. Sarah again got her parents to take Jen for the weekend,and she was intent on making the most of their time alone. As he walked to the stairs Sarah asked with a playful look on her face,"How would you like to be my bitch tonight?"Jim looked back and said, in a semi-sarcastic voice, "That would be fun."Sarah stared at Jim as he walked up.