.. Besides, the company I made the deal with is up in the mountains.”“I take it that they are going to keep the birth secret,” Ghok says more th...n asks.“Of course,” she says with a wry grin. “The facility is big, yet you’d be surprised how many people here don’t know about it. Or at least they don’t talk about it.”“That sounds secretive,” the alien suggests. “I find that humans are full of secrets.”“Are there not secrets with the Nehrezl?” she asks.Ghok shakes his head quickly. “It is not only. It was that simple. Undaunted, I tried to continue, if I couldn't get her shirt off, then mine would come off. If I couldn't get her pants off, then mine would. Well, not really. As I was only 17 at the time, I was still a little reserved. If the girl wouldn't get naked with me there was no way that I was going to expose myself. I undid the button on my jeans and unzipped my fly. And there we stayed for the rest of the evening. Now you may think that this saga ended there, but it didn't. Almost. A soft thud sounded from the depths bellow and soil was shovelled in just deep enough to hide the body from the casual glance of a hurried construction worker. Joyce stood at the top of the shaft panting; tears welled up in her eyes, never knowingly religious she found her self muttering a deeply felt impromptu prayer "Sleep well Gina, God Bless" After a few minutes tearful vigil Joyce tidied the back seat of her car and drove towards the exit gate, her headlights caught a glimpse of a shadowy. ”“I guess I should apologize to her.”“No, don’t bring it up at this point. Just talk to her, and she’ll talk to you. She’s not avoiding you; she’s just not going out of her way to be friends, so you’ll have to do that part.”“Or she’ll avoid me more, once she knows who I am.”“Then don’t be that person. Just be who you’ve been since we met, and that’s how people will treat you.”“You make it sound easy.”Ellerie usually responded well to Boktar’s sense of humor, so Corec risked a joke. “That’s.