She and Shelby embraced and wept just like she and I had."I sure do wish we had met under better circumstances young lady. I know just how much Steven...loves you, and I look forward to having you in our family."We all sat around for a while talking. Aunt Karen's phone rang twice. Once was my grandparents. As she filled them in on what she knew I heard my grandfather yell curse words when informed that his son was not there. Her next call was from Uncle Frank. He was about to board a plane in. “Mother, Father, I’m afraid we don’t have room for all of you here. Julie is welcome to crash on the living room sofa, if she wants, but we don’t have any available beds for all of you.”Elsie looked puzzled, “Why ever not? I thought you had two guest rooms.”Alice tightened her sphincter muscles, “Oh, we do, but they’re occupied by other guests that stay with us. They’re kind of members of our family now. Come in and we’ll introduce you. We did book you a suite at the Carlyle Hotel just two. I was stowing some of the equipment in the lab when I heard Adele’s voice behind me.“So, did you have a productive time out on the water today?” Her voice betrayed a bit of sarcasm. “Well, we kept busy,” I replied noncommittally. “Looks that way. I’ll bet Cindy was very useful in your research.”“Absolutely,” I said as I sat down at my desk and picked up some paperwork. “She did everything that was asked of her. And more.” Adele laughed out loud as she pulled up a chair and sat. She put. The bitches are also in their care.Although there are sixteen rooms behind the red door, there are only fourteen alpha dogs, so fourteen of us dog girls, we are each responsible for one alpha, all of us paired like Sue and I, one room is empty, the one I used yesterday with Sue, the other is occupied but the dog isn’t on the roster, Titan belongs to the owner, he is a case apart, the window into his room is shuttered unless the boss wants it opened. The women who enter the red door can’t open.