Peggy handed Tiffany ten $20 bills for incidentalexpenses, and with a flurry of waves and goodbyes, her aunt and uncle and parentspulled away, leaving...her alone with her cousin Matt."So, what you want to do, cuz?" Matt asked. Tiffany wished he would stop callingher that."My name is Tiffany, Matthew. And right now I really don't feel like doing muchof anything. So you go off and play with yourself." She blushed as soon as thewords were out of her mouth. She had meant to say "play BY yourself,". "No, darling," he chuckled, "I'm not quite that old."She yawned, making me realise it was just about her bedtime. Karen asked if she could see to her along with her mother. I agreed of course and got myself a sloppy goodnight kiss from her.Charles took me into their reception room which had a bar and offered me another brandy."Or would you prefer a lager?" Oh, a lager please, sir." Sir?" Sorry Charles, I'll get used to it soon." No matter, David, no matter. Now, then, we need to do something. John placed his hand on the DNA scanner next to the inner airlock door, then watched it flash green as the device recognised his genetic code. “Thanks, both of you. With Genthalas becoming our new base of operations, we’ll be seeing a lot more of Edraele and the Maliri. I’m concerned about being able to give all of you the time you deserve ... so please bear with me while we try to find a happy medium.”The blonde leaned in to give him a reassuring kiss. “You don’t have to worry about a thing.. She quickly moved so she could straddle him and see if he was OK. Nancy yelled,"Rader, are you OK?"He groggily shook his head and looked up at her. "I think so Commander. I've got a hell of a headache, but I think I'm OK." He reached out and grabbed the vehicles radio, praying that it still worked."Med-One to Juliet base. Med-One to Juliet base, over." Go ahead Med-One, this is Juliet base, over."Juliet, we have been hit by a road side bomb and there are some unfriendlies around, need immediate.