He’s just–‘ ‘And this is?’ I’d interrupted, pointing at the toddler who was still staring up at me as though mesmerised, those huge brown ...yes unblinking. ‘Issie.’ At the sound of her name, the little girl charged to Janine’s side, half-hiding behind her mother’s leg. ‘Short–short for Isabel.’ ‘Hello Issie.’ I softened my tone as I addressed the little girl directly, beginning to get that now familiar feeling I was trapped in a bad dream. ‘How old are you, then?’ ‘She’s eighteen months,’ Janine. Later in bed Pete decided to approach Jan about the things that had occurred; both at the doctor's surgery and later at home. "Darling, how did it feel for you at the Surgery?" he politely enquired."Ooh! It was OK;" she shakily responded, "Although it was strange to perform such an intimate act in front of a complete stranger!" she added. Pete could not believe that she had not been aware of what the Dr had done to him as he pleasured his wife's arse; but he decided to be honest w2ith her."I. ” Then, remembering the constancy of this world’s sunlight, added, “Well, in twenty hours or so, anyway.”“But...” Hank stammered. “But I just ... we just now found each other again. How can you just drop in and say ‘Goodbye’, just like that?”Beth shrugged. “Simple. Hi, Remember me? I’m Magdalina. Bye. See ya ‘round.” She sat up, resting her arms on the pads of Hank’s lounge.“But you won’t!” Hank insisted, completely upset now. “You won’t see me around. You’re frigging going to Earth!”“Well, I. “That’ll do it,” she laughed, then gestured to the reinforced metal door. “After you...”Knowing that the door would be stuck fast due to the snow that had piled on the other side, Schaffer waved forth Zagza, the enormous male taking a moment to greet Riya with a sort of Eskimo kiss that left a wet smear on her visor as his nose rubbed against it. She didn’t speak their language and so she couldn’t tell the alien to keep it casual, her face reddening as it brought back memories of their.