She was acting like such a typical girl and she hated it. Never before had she felt the need to spend 5 minutes, never mind half an hour, picking out ...lothes to wear. And to the library no less! As a show of defiance for the odd feeling Deryck cast over her, Ryn pulled on her basic, black-framed glasses and rumpled her hair, destroying her careful 20-minute styling. Now she felt more normal. All of the sudden hands closed around her eyes. For a moment she was startled beyond belief, then she. Besides, New Eden isn't large enough to support more than a few thousand humans."Immensely relieved, Alicia leaned over and hugged Béla. She was surprised to actually feel tears in her eyes at the emotion she felt. Then she remembered."What about my husband, Walter?" Alicia said, suddenly a little more distraught. "He's dying. You can save him – like you did Mom, before." I don't know if my blood can cure cancer, darling," Béla admitted. "What my blood does to human cells is make them grow. "Your father --- sorry; your biological father --- has reviewed the story.I wrote it. Your father approved it. As a condition for your father'sassistance, I must tell you this story. Your father insists upon it. Yourfather wants you to know exactly what happened between us when you were ababy. Once you are fully informed of our marital history, and the earlypart of yours," Leanne wanted to run away, "we can discuss the possibilityof screening and then a kidney transplant."Marie stared at Mark. Smiling I leaned down kissing her head and told her I would take a turn. She smiled gratefully at me and stood stretching, then slipped out of the room to get some shut eye.Sitting back in the chair I yawned and woke up some more as I heard Rebecca thrashing around, completely drunk and not loving it. Moving to the bedside I grabbed the washcloth bathing her forehead and wrists trying to relax her.In what seemed like forever but was probably only a half hour or so I got up and checked on my.