To be, when required, her surrogate families. Andrew and Robert told her that they wished to be treated as her brothers, and Ava has responded by teas...ng them mercilessly already."That lightened the mood a little, and Ava helped further by adding, "Julia says I've got seventeen years of brother teasing to catch up on, and I should grab every chance I get. So far it's been a lot of fun."Vanessa said, "Andrew's reasonably good with cars and has offered to help Ava if she has car troubles. Robert. Just the regular dance floor scanning. Ihadn’t put my beer goggles on and that made my chancesto hook up with a “hottie” even slimmer.Eyes: 3 Cuties on the Radar 4 o’clock!!Brain: Can we get a confirmation?Eyes: Check… 3 … er… 2 cuties at 4 o’clock!!Brain: All right. I headed over to the vicinity and started doing mything. I always take time to approach girls. I’ve foundyou have to look closely at them, make eye contact, andmeasure them. Here, here. He helped one of our elders who had car trouble and wound up here at the Tribal Council offices. I saw the medicine bag and thought I recognized the beadwork as Mary’s.”“Have him call me when he gets some free time, will you, Paul? Tell him that I have news about his patients out here. While he is there, if you have any sick folks, well, just see if he has time to visit.”“Will do, Sam. Look, let me go for now, but you can be sure I will call you back later and we can exchange notes,. Am I insane, or just insatiable?’ Her musing was interrupted by the ring of the doorbell, the butterflies in her stomach like a school girl would have. The time was at hand and she was terribly apprehensive about the outcome. His drive had been uneventful, not anything like she had feared when she had called to try and talk him out of making the drive tonight. ‘We have planned this too long to stop now.’ His answer had left no room for argument. He was not absolutely certain that it had not.