After that I was asleep.Chapter 3It was now a week and half later. Things were going good. I had been putting in 10 hour days and finally was getting ... grip on things at work. Some changes needed to be made and after conferring with the home office, they pretty much gave me carte blanche to do what I thought necessary, up too, trimming the labor involved.On the home front, I think we were all getting comfortable with each other. I tried to stay out of their way and not be a hindrance to them. I. "Yeah, Dad?" You're a good man. Your mother would be very proud of you. I'm proud of you."I smiled, sadly. "Thank you." I started to turn away."One more thing... just so you know. Ahh... how can I put this? Your room, it's not as soundproof as you probably think. Just so you know." He patted my back and headed off in the direction of his bedroom.I stood there at the base of the stairs and watched my father's back as he vanished into the back of the house. My mouth hung open like a fish going. "Helen thought about it briefly. "I just haven't gotten there, yet, Doris." She looked at her friend. "Sometimes I think it would be a good idea; then I pull back." Scared?" Aren't we all? I mean when you do that, when you let a man into your home, it can be hard to change your mind." You sound like Henry Higgins: 'Let a woman in my life?'. But, you know, there's another side to it." What's that?"Astrid spoke up, "I know what that is. Living with your family, or living alone."Helen looked at. Jane remembered the frantic time before the Mount Olympus had first visited, when almost everyone was working overtime to get the first accommodation block ready for the town's share of the new arrivals. Being a Cube Ship it wasn't carrying any pods, so everything had to be ready on the ground before the new colonists transported down.Construction was made a lot easier by Confederacy technology of course, but there was still a lot that needed human intervention. Building an apartment block was.