“Well, well, that’s not too bad of timing, I think. We got this far, far enough away from Lancaster County to not be pulled into that mess again t...at easily. At least the folks stuck around here, but then they have less to fear than others closer to the old capital. Some small, curious part of me wants to see the ruins of Washington, but I think that we all know that would be a rather risky move and for what? Curiosity? Not worth it in this case,” I thought aloud while sitting down in my own. I would be the first one to admit that I didn’t hold with all this younger generation looseness about cheating and shacking up with anyone for a one-night stand. I knew my mom was certainly not a nun or a Saint after we lost my dad but I figured she had her right to choose what she wanted to do from those other married couples that resented the fact she was basically footloose and fancy-free other than raising me and my older sister Serena.My mom might have had her share of male friends with. My parents were really great about it - they were just pretty great generally, in fact. I miss them every day.I work at a clothing shop - nothing fancy, but it pays the bills. When I graduate, I’m thinking of becoming a dietician - I haven’t really thought about it that much.After the funeral, I went a bit crazy. Nothing dangerous - I just went out pretty much every night, found a different girl and went back to their place. My brother really worried about me for a while - he’d go weeks without. Most amazing in the compound and the last thing to note, before the unusual staff, was a docking station with what appeared to be a one person space pod in the shape of a rather drolly cartoony rocket.“Welcome, sir Sheldon”. Two black, metallic humans greeted Sheldon in a voice like tinkling bells. They both were bold and looked exactly the same. Under matching silvery lab coats they wore sport jerseys, short boxers and slippers.Gazing at the twins, Sheldon repressed the twitch in his left eye.