"Do you think he does this on purpose?"Taylor wasn't quite listening to me. She just stared and inhaled sharply in surprise at the woman wrapped aroun... Dean's arm. "Ashlyn?" she gasped.Ashlyn similarly saw us and started pulling her date with her as they headed for us. At first Dean just grinned while I glowered at him. But then he saw Morse off to the side having a conversation with some of the other movers and shakers on Wall Street.I couldn't hear what he said over the din of the other. That is the mission of a lone alien invader, and this is where it begins. The strange rock moved across the cold, empty space at incredible speed. It will soon reach its destination with amazing precision. In the middle of the day, the shapeless rock entered Earth’s atmosphere and turned into a big ball of fire that remained almost unseen within the clear sky until it splashed in a small lake, not far from the typical American town of Lakewood. A few minutes later, a big amoeba-like creature. The last I heard she was working as a topless dancer in one of those topless joints."I'm good, what are you up to? Heard you were in town," she said as I knocked over my bourbon."FUCK!!" I shouted, grabbing frantically for a rag to wipe up with."Hmmmm, now that would be excellent!" Tenneille giggled down the line."What the fuck are you talking about?" I asked as I mopped up the alchohol."Never mind. So where are you?" she asked."In the Novotel at Brighton. Why don't you come over?" I said,. She put her things down and sat down with the mail, looking forward to a relaxing weekend. When she got to the letter from Stephanie’s school she paused before opening it. It was progress report time and she was expecting this piece of mail. Stephanie’s grades had already taken a tumble on her first report card of the year with more C’s than B’s and no A’s. Taking a deep breath she tore open the envelope and when she looked at her daughter's grades she was floored. Not only did Stephanie get.