It was the longest hour of her life. Every time she looked at the station clock it felt as though it had stopped.But, of course, it had not and eventu...lly the train arrived and she boarded.Her legs didn't want to work and felt as though they had turned to jelly but she forced herself to carry on and found a seat in the leading carriage as Elsa had told her.The train began to move and pick up speed. Before too long she heard a familiar voice calling:"Tickets please."Erika held up her ticket.. It is most days after my hike. I usually stop in at the senior center for cards and lots of coffee. Sometimes I go to a meeting." Ah friends of Bill meetings," I said knowingly."You a friend of Bill's too?" No, I was once married to a friend of Bills. He could keep up with it for a year or so, then he would slip for a few months. Somewhere in his downhill slide, someone would give him the old 'get on the program or get out' speech. That usually sent him back to meetings." Did he ever hit you? I. Cal seemed to react much less strongly to anything Tessa did. When she got bossy and presumptuous, as she still did, he felt the same irritation as always. However, he seemed much more able to under-react, and when he did say anything, she seem to fall all over herself to fix things."I know. In fact, you two are a pretty smooth team, now," Teri complimented them. "Cal, do you feel you could handle some shoots by yourself during the summer?" Hey! I need the spending money," Tessa objected, "and. Then there is perhaps the hottest looking girl aboard the Devi with your Saran girl and several human males that should cause friction.”Mao shrugged. “Except for Eric busting a chair over Har-Hi’s back and the resulting fight there is no rivalry or jealousy.“You say you had no quarrels, no fights the entire time?”“None Sir.” Hans and Mao answered almost at the same time.The man sighed. “I don’t need to dig further. I believe you and it confirms my investigation. Everyone I asked told me about.