The airlock itself was no different than a retractable umbilical tube, only shorter.Because of this structural peculiarity, the first wave had left tw...nty minutes ago, allowing time for the ship to maneuver. The first wave had entered through a maintenance shaft at the top of the structure. Their job was to clear the facility of any opposition and open the front door.The first report was that facility was so lax that two-thirds of the security was on automatic and a good chunk of it did not. She was taller than his five-foot-eleven and voluptuous was an apt description. She was in a tight-fitting dress that showed off her impressive attributes. When she broke from her hug, she turned to Adam and he got the full force of her megawatt smile and outsized personality."You must be Adam, I've been looking forward to meeting you." Uhhh, hello." I am sorry, I'm Jai. I guess Laura didn't say anything." No, this is all coming at me blind!" Well good, that way you can relax and enjoy." She. Linda was putting some music on. "Sit down, babe," Linda commanded, motioning to a big leather chair. Kathy was sitting on the love seat and Linda joined her. The conversation was light and playful for a while, and I could tell Linda was going somewhere with this, either that or I was just imagining things. Then I knew I wasn't just imagining things."So Linda said you guys were neighbors," Katy said. "Then y'all suddenly bumped into each other at the store." Yeah, we did," I said. "Mom turned to us, "Now let that be a lesson to you two, any sign that youare going the same way as Jamie and you will be there quicker than youcan think! I already had maid names picked out for you when you wereborn as a matter of fact. Jonah, you could be Joan and Julian, you couldbe Julie. Now boys, what do you think of Jamie? Doesn't she look prettyin her maid's uniform?"Mom waited for an answer, we kept our heads down, still flushed from ournear escape."Well, I'm waiting, for an answer,.