We went for a burger afterwards. It was wonderful. The only weird thing was that she wouldn't let me walk her all the way home. She said, "You can't c...me to my house until I know you better." That made me a bit curious. However, she wrapped her arms around me and gave me a huge kiss after she said it, so I didn't care much.This went on for a little over a month. We went out every weekend, seeing a movie, or going to a dance at school, or something. We went to the mall a couple times. Every time. Lee had replaced two malfunctioning palm locks the night before, so she didn’t think anything of it.When she got to the man, she was surprised by who it was. She had found Professor William Essco, the head of the scientific division of the mission. Except that, he wasn’t trying to get into his cabin but his assistants, Debora Smith. When Lee turned up, he was standing in the hall stark naked.Essco was banging on Debora’s door, demanding that she let him back in. As Lee walked down the hall, she. Something had to give, but I had no idea how to navigate that path, or even if there really was a path to navigate.If I didn’t love Jessica, it would be easy to simply find some kind of modus vivendi where she was involved with the kids, was friendly with me, and otherwise simply did her own thing. The problem was, I didn’t think she COULD do her own thing. She did. And that was the true source of the problem. Al Barton had identified it and I agreed with him. As Doctor Green had intimated, she. "I really want to be sure that I'm keeping the right records," she'd said as she fetched him a cup of tea and a plate of biscuits. I know you're terribly busy. It's good of you to spare the time."George nodded. He actually felt a bit guilty. It wasn't that he had really been avoiding her but he had been spending a lot of time thinking about Erica. "No, it's quite all right," he said. "And anyway I'm sure your records are fine. All the paperwork you've sent me so far is perfectly all right." Oh..