"That was just weird. They had to be messing with her. Sure, there was the rumor that Fionna was sick, maybe even dying, which was why she wasn't perf...rming anymore, but Ken hadn't even known who she was. Why would she be here?"Trust me," said Tina, "it's true. If you hang around this house for any length of time, you'll see a lot of odd stuff." You're not messing with me?" Why would we do that?" asked Ari. "No, we just wanted to let you know so that you wouldn't freak out or anything." How are. I hollered but only received echos in return. I tried knocking on doors of the few people there that I knew and still received no response. I wasn't sure I wanted to find out why quite yet.I had sandwich makings at the apartment and made us all sandwiches. The bread was a little stale but still good. That got me to thinking. I called Dad on my cell phone which was all I had. I never had a line phone put in here. "Dad, we're at the apartment and having lunch. We picked up one survivor, Shirley. " he agreed, "But holding my little girl on my knee sure beats anything else I've ever known."I kissed him then and it wasn't a little girl kissing her daddy, it was almost a lover's kiss, I wanted it to last, but it couldn't."Thank you daddy." I said softly and picked up the book again."Turn to the last page Piper," he said huskily, "That's all yours and you can do what you like with it."The grand total in that little book was two million, five hundred and forty two thousand dollars and it was. "May I enquire, sir: do you have a wife? Angelina tells me they normally make arrangements for spouses of senior personnel to meet socially; she proposes to make that also with Board members from time to time. It is a practice I would like to encourage." Ah, yes, I see. Currently, I am not married, nor in any formal relationship here. I have a ... lady friend ... on Earth, who refused to come with me when I moved to Rehome. Our continuing correspondence suggests she has not found another.