I didn't have many places for folks to sit, and my very ratty sofa received a number of dubious looks, but somehow folks made themselves comfortable w...erever they could and little Olivia made a lot of new admirers. She always was a delightful and well-behaved child.By the time I cleared out the last of my unexpected guests at 5 p.m., I was still left with a mound of leftover food that would only just barely fit into the refrigerator. We ate leftovers and enjoyed them greatly over the next week.. . Think of your girlfriend opening the present. Her friends are looking on, and she gets this from you. She'll blush redder than you're doing now. Take it from me, it won't make her happy. Wait until you're married, and then give her a negligee in private." It's not like that." Shannon wouldn't open it in public. She wouldn't have a chance to."Okay." She'd tried. "What size is she?" About this tall." When he kissed her forehead, the top of her head would come about to his nose. Well, he'd have. I didn't want to talk to Simon, unsure how much he had seen and what Adam said to him and asked as I went into the kitchen, “who is it?”“Tiffany,” Mom answered, as surprised as I was.I took the phone and said, “Hi?”“I'm going to be there in fifteen minutes to take you shopping. Be ready,” Tiffany ordered.I started to speak, but she hung up before I could refuse... not at all comfortable with being alone with her after witnessing what I did, not to mention getting felt up by her.I sighed, unsure. Ben and the eight soldiers followed along obediently, without a word, still in a stunned silence. They quickly arrived in a sort of lobby, and Ben took the time to stop staring at the walls and see what his first real life view of an alien looked like.The tall being seemed neither male nor female, and had an almost completely smooth face. It was sort of eerie, looking into a face that only had four tiny slits - two eyes, one nose, and one mouth - and that was it. Ben didn't think he'd ever get.