She added, “You know it, too.”“I believed that until yesterday,” June admitted as tears threatened to overwhelm her again. She took a deep bre...th and said, “Oh, God! I was so wrong to believe that.”Sitting up straight, Lisa said, “Mother. I am not a little girl any more. You can’t make me feel better by giving me lame excuses on his behalf. He doesn’t love me. I have accepted that.”“Oh, baby girl, you are so wrong,” June replied before she burst into tears again.Lisa stared at her mother. She. "It appears that it was damaged in the reactor failure."The director scowl grew."How bad is it?" Ma'am I would say it would take a few days to scavenge parts from the others in storage, the reactors safety in the golem seemed to have failed somehow, causing several systems in the golem to short out."The director frowned looking at the worm hole through the observation window."Get it done, Now!"LauraOgna had agreed to have the village head out at first light, It was still dark out when I went. Most of all, Steve wanted more ofhis father's sub-surface sexual being to demonstrate itself to him. Thetime was now, not later.First on Steve's list was a visit to the attic compartment above thehouse's garage. Not easy to pull out the built-in ladder and get up anddown without making some noise, but Steve was happy to do it to find a boxthat contained valuables brought back from California. Still in good shapewere a small stash of pot and a pair of handcuffs complete with furrycuffs. His. She looked at herself in the mirror again before taking the black pencil skirt from its hanger and stepping into it. Pulling up the side zip and doing up the button it fitted perfectly around her waist. The split at the back exposed just enough of her legs without showing that she was wearing stockings. Next came the white tailored blouse. It hugged at her waist as she did up the buttons then undid the topmost one to expose some of her cleavage. Not too much. She didn’t want to look.