" I better call my parents anyway."I did and they were very happy to hear from me but they couldn't pick me up and asked if I could stay where I were....I turned to the girl."Can I stay here until the weather gets better?" Sure."That was it and I hung up."Thanks. It will probably stop snowing soon and then I can go home." It's okay. I don't mind some company. I'm not really used to being alone in the house."Normally I was not talkative around girls but she was easy to talk to. Perhaps it was. I knows your background. I got friends in low places. (laughed) Tom doesn't hold the commission against you but he's not sure about the Puzzle Palace, though."They all chuckled but the mirth disappeared as TJ said"We gotta see Gillard. You too, Orville; and bring those drawings and the parts list." Boss, you have a problem. We are shorthanded (which earned him a disgusted look) and we are going to be carrying two passengers. We can't retrieve the passengers until tomorrow and that means. “I’m gonna clean my room, vacuum, and do the laundry,” she informed me.Yeah, sure. “While you’re at it, mop the kitchen floor and shovel the drive, okay?”Sia laughed again, her blue and brown eyes twinkling. But then an amazing change took place. It was magical to watch. Her eyes softened, her laughter faded away to a small, almost shy smile.“I love you, Dad,” she said softly.Man-oh-man, was I lost. She very rarely told me how she felt about me, usually a quick, “Luv ya,” as she’d head out the. Somehow, neither Mui nor I could envision someone’s horns as a sexual organ. It didn’t seem particularly ... romantic or endearing.”“That’s what our experts insisted was needed for the secondary pair-bonding process,” Etta said, glancing at Al, Betty and Xi.“Plus her skin gave me a rash,” Mui added, scratching her arm.“She said lotion would minimize the splinters,” Lamar reminded her.“But in either case, we remain friends despite deciding it wouldn’t work. She ... taught us a bunch about the.