“She’s been growing really fast. She can count to ten, knows her colors, and knows her address and phone number. She’s closer to five than four,...but she likes saying the word ‘four’ more than she likes saying ‘five.’ She can almost write her own name.”“That’s very interesting. Can I ask you a sensitive question, Don?”“Emily was adopted as a newborn, if that was your question.”“It’s really none of my business, I’m sorry I was so inquisitive.”“No big deal, I know my mom is pretty. Guys are always. We hid in the background when she opened the door. Stephan blinked several times and said. “Uh, is your mom home?”Steph doesn’t say a word and takes him by the hand. We scurry into the living room and act natural, well as natural as you can with a naked beautiful woman sitting next you on the couch.My daughter and Stephan came into the living room. I stood to shake his hand. His handshake is strong and firm and he looked me in the eye when we shook. For some reason, even though I didn’t know. It was apparent Josh was extremely tight, he was not as accurate as he normally was. I could see Coach Cullen dropping his head when a ball was off target.As I scanned the seats, I noticed the Butlers were already in their seats in the North End Zone, second row middle. I jogged over to where they were seated, Bryan was hanging over the rail.“Hey buddy, how are you?” I asked.“Good, is the game about to start?” he responded.“No, not for a while yet.” I laughed, “You wanna come down on the. There was plenty of time, and the three stood watching until the monster ship passed out of sight.“Not that it will matter a lot, but we’d better get armed and start our shooting practice. Even if the aliens are friendly, every living person and whack job in the state will be heading for St. Louis,” Scarlett told them. “Just like us.”Violet hugged herself and answered, “I think you’re right, but I wouldn’t want to hurry. They may be baiting a trap. We may as well let someone or someones else.