.. ," Mita's mouth suddenly dropped agape, "I thought that she had put on a little weight! She is isn't she? You are the father are you not?" Yes," Ch...rles answered proudly, "it happened when we were looking for an ancient time slip machine in my... ," Charles stopped short not sure just how much to tell Alatem's mother though he was close to trusting her he still wasn't sure she wouldn't turn him in at a moment's notice."Ah! I see you ARE from the future as I suspected," holding up her hand. I looked into his eyes as he burned a hole into my soul with his deep, penetrating gaze. He said something that sounded like "Delivery," but I was too busy focusing on how we were already pressed up right against each other to notice. He set the box down and then pressed into me so I felt my lower back against the counter.He was wearing cologne that drove my sense of smell wild. I breathed in the scent from his chest deeply and looked up as I felt his hand brush down my arm slowly. My heart. We’ll hire a couple of ranch hands and you’ll have it made.”“Joss, I’ll ask Ruby, Jonnie and Jamie when we get back, what they think about me having a young woman living with me. If they don’t put up a fuss, I’ll take you up on that deal.”“Then we need to have Indira write that letter tonight.”By the end of the next week, I was getting antsy about hearing from my women I’d sent letters to. I knew it was too soon, but I wanted them here with us before our babies were born.I saw Polk almost every. We're kind of spread all over. I was the last born and the least educated. Money was getting tight by the time it came time for me to go to college, so I went to trade school for a while and learned welding. I don't regret it. Sure, I could have made more money, but I love what I do." Believe me, Bob, you are damn good at welding, and anything else I've asked you to do. You keep this up and you'll be a site foreman before too long." No way, Boss, you need the schooling for that, and that's not.