Eric, Angie, Alice and Terri literally stood transfixed as the forward screen, which took up the whole front wall of the bridge, displayed the giant b...ll of Earth, the terminator line distinctly visible, everything so real it felt as if they could reach out and touch it. In the background, there were the faint squeals, chirps and other alien sounds of a working spaceship bridge."Shit," Eric mumbled under his breath."Convinced we're not pulling your leg?" Jeff quietly asked the new Alpha.Eric. "Don, you must have at least a dozen phone calls to return," she protested."Right," Kutzley said. "I could just about follow the Record-Herald truck around town from where I was getting phone calls. They'll keep. I'm going to go over and see how they're coming with the sewer inspection. That'll get me out of here for a while, anyway." He was gone before Marjorie could protest.It wasn't as if he hadn't expected it, but it was still pretty frantic on the phone after about 11. The calls before. ” A knot formed in my throat. Corrine was crying? What had happened to her? I realized, to my chagrin, that I still cared about the girl. Knowing what a shitty boyfriend she had, I could only imagine what kind of trouble she was in. “Thanks, mom.” Without even pausing to consider what I was doing, I hung up and dialed Corrine. “Hello?” The voice at the other end was raspy and strained, as though it was coming off the end of a long crying session. It had been maybe two weeks since I’d heard her. A door behind him hissed open and a voice said, "Tickets from Milton Keynes please." Her knees clamped together rapidly hiding her charismatic darling from Dan's hungry eyes. A ticket appeared in her hand which she handed to the man with a sweet smile; he glanced at it and moved on, he glanced back and raised an eyebrow when he caught Dan's eye. Dan returned his attention to his travelling companion and saw her eyes flick to his erection before returning to her magazine. She had a little smile.