"Okay," she said, "we need to go do something normal in case Mom and Dad come up." Movie?" Movie. Comedy?" Comedy."We went into the den and started go...ng through our DVD collections. We decided on one, played it, and watched it side-by-side on the couch, just like we always did. All was right with the world.A few nights later, Dad got some kind of good news at work, and decided to take Mom out for a nice dinner, leaving Jen and I at home. We waited until we heard the garage door close all the. What’s ‘cross-species DNA’?”From unknown miles away through the marvels of electronics and the internet, he just looked at me blankly. Finally, he sighed. “Really? You’re going to play that dumb? I can understand that you don’t know specifically because I didn’t until … well, I didn’t, either. You have an idea, though.”“Sam, I don’t want to think about what it is you are talking about. I don’t want to let myself go somewhere I don’t have to go with my imagination. So, what are you talking. But by the time the bank gets back to me, it will be rather late. Can you come back to my office tonight? If we are going to settle things, we'll have to sign some papers." Oh yes I'll bring my Auntie tonight no problem -"Thompson cut her off. "No, we won't need her. Remember that legally, you're the one making the offer, and so the settlement will be with you. Your the only one who'll have to sign. Do you have a number where I can reach you?" Geeta gave him her cell phone number.She wasn't. The store was in a mall about a mile from where she lived. When she was a junior, she went to the book store one weekend in April when she was home to let the manager know she would be available to work that summer.There was a new manager she didn’t know, a guy about 28 years old. She told him she had worked there the previous two summers and wanted to work again that coming summer. The manager told her he would only be hiring two summer employees and he had already received nine inquiries.