Helva told her. That last was a plaintive wail. Inkie responded. Helva continued. If she hadn’t been so concerned, Helva would have appeared to b... smug. Inkie told her. Helva responded. Inkie quipped. Helva was not above gallows humor. Helva hesitated, then continued, Helva appeared to be weeping, After a pause, Helva finished, There wasn’t much that Inkie could say beyond, Helva said, Wendy, make that Cadet Wendy Darling, sat almost glued to Vivie’s side. In only a short time, she’d. They even tried to steer companies offering research grants away from him. Because he’s an American Indian they thought they could get away with it. We offered him a grant and also assistance with finishing his doctorate if he’d come to work for us afterward. It has turned out a good match for both of us.”“So Cal Tech’s loss is your gain?”“Yep, but they lost even more than that. I won’t send students there for study anymore.”“You send your employees to college?”“We’re just starting. Most will. He proudly showed me the lines that Jenn had penned asking when her 'favorite grandpa would return. He smiled and said, "She calls me that when she wants to butter me up. I really miss both of them. Hopefully we can wrap this thing up in the next couple of weeks and get home."I shared his feelings and wondered when all of my family would be together again. As soon as the supplies were offloaded and distributed to the waiting trucks Lana took off, headed back to Hurlburt Town. We immediately. "Huh?" Riley asked, surprised."Y'know, it is your birthday and we have the day off. What do you want to do?" Um," Riley paused for a moment, thinking. "It is really nice out today. I'd really like to go on a bike ride, maybe ride out to Langley Park." That sounds like fun! We can all go." Ashley said suddenly, she loved being outdoors. Riley and I both looked at her. Neither of us were very eager to spend the day with Ashley."Actually, I was thinking it would be just me and Max." Riley replied,.