However, she had found that after the first week on her crew, he had come to respect her knowledge and way of doing things. He had taught her a few ne... things, and she had taught him some too. They each respected each other’s space, so they found they worked well together.Lee had no trouble doing the work left for her. As long as she took the readings and did the visual every two hours, she could go do other work.The drives were monitored by computers. However, regular checks by humans often. But he knew that first impressions were always the most important, and he had no idea how he would act when he saw her.Added to that worry was the thought of spending a couple of hours with her father, Allen. The man was a giant, or so he had seemed in class that year. No doubt he could pick up Jeff and break him over his knee.Jeff sighed. He had to go through with it, but he didn't have to like it. He took a shower then headed gloomily down to breakfast. Allison was the only one in the. To the right of that was a large bed on what appeared to be a marble platform with metal pipes going into it. Behind the bed, above the headboard, were several shiny metal pipes. It was the strangest canopy bed she had ever seen. A beautifully padded mauve velvet covered the four columns, and the canopy was metallic silver.To the right of the bed was a large window, and a man was standing in front of it, facing away from her. At first, he appeared deep in thought, with one hand on his hip.. One such nuisance is that everyone watches me and hangs upon my every word. To make a telephone call on the house telephone would have drawn attention, and busybodies would have eavesdropped, even if doing so meant that they had to leave their tables and pretend to visit the powder room or to attend to some other immediate and pressing business. With my cell, I could have found a private spot, but the house telephone is hopelessly public.Fortunately, I hit upon an idea, during dessert--a superb.