*** *** ***It was still dark outside as I walked as quickly as I could back home.I was a little scared, but we lived in a good neighborhood and I made...ure to walk in the light of the streetlights as much as I could. ButI was really getting cold by the time I got home.I turned the key in the lock at the front door of my house and openedthe door as quietly as I could. I took off my sandals and tip-toed tomy room, opened the door, slipped in, and shut and locked it behindme. In the light of the. "That would be your appointment secretary, Charlene Willis, Sir." I assume she is here, yes?" Sir. Charlene did not make the trip. She puts your travel arrangements in order, circulates the itinerary and we all make it happen. Is there some way I can help with whatever you need Sir?" No. That's fine," I said, then turned to one of my assistants and said "Please get Jason for me."He wasn't long in coming from the rear of the plane, to my chopper. "Jason, in the future I don't wish to be. Introductions were made, and Rose and I took the men aboard with Albi, Jack and Reilly. Sandy took Trixi, Foxi, Harry and Sable to her home. We’d meet her there later.Inspector Rexel gave Rose several side glances and finally said, “I though only the King could have androids?”“Well, since the zooids are people in their own right and they don’t belong to anyone, then I don’t see the problem,” I replied.“Yes, well, he many think differently,” Inspector Rexel replied. “We have special laws here. I was grateful for her. My recent experiences had taught me that nothing is forever and I hoped she’d stay, but if she went, I wanted to have as many happy memories with her as I could get and I hoped to God that if we couldn’t make it work, we could part fondly and not taint those memories.I smiled and put thoughts of losing her out of my head. Instead, I wrapped myself in a momentary imagining of how she’d look on our wedding day. I felt a shiver run through me as I pictured her in a.