" he said aloud. The Old Man chuckled, which Edward thought was funny for the circumstances. As far as Edward could see, he didn?t seem the least bot...ered by what had happened. "Don?t worry about those two." the Old Man told Edward, "They?ll be getting their just desserts soon enough." The Old Man looked in the direction the two assailants had run, chuckling to himself. Turning to Edward, the Old Man said "Thank you for trying to help an old man in distress. I know that it took a lot of. Just before I left I said to Steve that I would have no problem should he be invited to join them. For several hours I waited at home wondering what was happening, my mind conjuring up extremely erotic thoughts. Finally I got a text message from Renee telling me that they were on their way home and it was followed shortly thereafter by a message from Steve to say that he had been invited to play. Ten minutes later they arrived on my doorstep both with huge cheesy grins on their faces, Renee. “That doesn’t mean I approve,” he warned. “Only that my examination of her contraindicated that she’s in any imminent danger.”“I understand,” said Lucy.“Good. Have a good day.”The immediate danger to their near term happiness removed, or at least mitigated, the vast quantity of minutiae related to marriage and the melding of two families into one proceeded.Mallory’s status as an expectant mother, however, caused other changes in the complicated multi-person relationship.One was that Samantha. ATTENTION, EARTHLINGS, Paili began as she fingered Jay's left nipple. WE COME IN PEACE. PLEASE ALLOW MY B-F-F DARISSA TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES. Darissa fixed her hair as a strange silence blanketed a five block radius. M-I-H-A-P?, Darissa began as people milled about like ants. M-I-H-A-P! People stared up at the giants confused. COME ON, PEOPLE! GET WITH THE PROGRAM! MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE? I HAVE A LOT TO SAY, SO I MAY USE TXT IM TO GET MY POINT ACROSS, the normally astute.