We knew."Grace Austin ... Engineering." I'll let you in," He opened the door, "I'll need to speak to Professor Austin." I'll run and get her ... she'l... be embarrassed," Bri said. "No clothes in the sauna."She snatched a towel off the peg and slipped in the door. "Grace ... the police need to speak to you."Shit!Grace wrapped up and slid out the door."You're no professor." Graduate student. I teach engineering math," ID?"Grace rummaged through her Purse.The cop asked, "What is that?" My bag .... “Well that was an adventure! All that excitement made me hungry.”“Well, we can go home and have Christmas leftovers.” Lynn said.“Nope, I want to eat!” Erin said.“Oh oh! The last time she said it that way was when you were in Houston, Lover. We shut down a buffet!” Lynn said.“A buffet? Ok, who wants to go and do all-you-can-eat?” I asked.“ME! I win!” Erin shouted before anyone else could say a word.“Erin, Chinese or American?” Lynn asked.“Chuck-O-Rama!” Our blonde wife answered.“Lynn, please. She looked down over the side and there, to her astonishment, she saw a beautiful young woman with the tail of a fish — a mermaid! The mermaid was pale, thin, with long dark hair and eyes as blue as the ocean. Naked from the waist up, and with green scaly fins curled up beneath her on the large flat rock on which she sat. ‘My name is Aria, and I want to help you’ She said warmly. ‘H-help me?’ The astonished Isabelle stammered, still reeling from her discovery. ‘What do you mean? Help me with. " Martha insisted."Sure, look I'll be real grateful," I explained."You'll have to sleep in the parlour," May said."Why? don't you have a spare bedroom?" I asked."Yes but boys are not allowed upstairs," Martha said, "House rule." Look, its no sweat," I agreed."Pastor Taylour is very insistent, very insistent,"May explained, "No boys upstairs before marriage." And Mrs Baxter doesn't miss a thing, she is his eyes and ears you know, and she lives just across the way," Martha added."It's cool." I.