It was really the first time I’d heard her voice. It was perfect, slightly breathy, just a hint of a Russian accent.“No. Robert never took me ther....”“Would you like to try it?”She smiled, an instant of sunrise washed over me.“I would. Very much.”The walk down the empty beach to The Shack took just a few minutes, but I stole glimpses of her when I could. Even up close, she seemed to be a study in serene perfection. I held her hand for a moment to help her up the seawall. It was hard letting go.. Right?"Mom and Jill both nodded their heads, smiling.Alex opened up the edge of the sheet protector and pulled out three sheets, all the same. He handed one to each of them, then took out a pen and wrote "OK for walls — all rooms" and the date on the third sheet, using the notebook for support. He held out the pen to Mom. "Sign here." Mom did and gave him back the pen. He held the page out to Jill and handed her the pen. "You too." Jill signed her name.He took the page, folded it up and put it. Jim is parked on the next street over ready to rescue me if things get bad." JJ smiled at the image of a white knight that came from Jim."So what do you need from us honey?" JJ's dad asked. "I assume you don't have much time so we should probably see if we can help you."JJ blushed a bright red and cleared her throat before saying, "I would, ah; I would like to pass an alien on to you three so we can communicate with you after we leave town." You want us to have an alien! But didn't you say that. She wondered if he even had a name, and she wished he hadn't stopped in so obvious a place, under all those lights. She felt that anyone who saw her would know exactly where she'd been and what she'd been doing.She walked into the brightness of the casino, through the milling throngs of tourist gamblers, and looked for Johnny. Then she realized that it was late enough for him to have already finished his last set and decided that he'd probably already gone home.She still looked for him but.