”How sad, Hope thought. Natalie was born on Earth, but didn’t remember it. She herself would always remember.The kids were tired from playing outs...de, so most of them went to bed early after their evening meal. Sonia and Celina took the opportunity to have a walk around the compound in the growing dusk.“They were right about this place being mostly desert,” Celina said. “Those hills look brown, like sand and rock.”“There is some green,” Sonia pointed out.“But only in the town,” Celina. I stood and left themstill kissing, sisters partaking in their first but not last lesbianlove affair.Downstairs Maggie was still standing in the kitchen, she look scared.'Mark, can't we talk about this'. I stopped her and screamed at her 'Myname is Lucy, it was Mark but because of you and your evil daughter noremnant of my male past has survived, so don't insult me by trying toaddress me as the person I once was'. The sound of my voice althoughloud still carried the little girl tones, and. On Thursday, Dave had given Cindi diskettes with our case and client management software to demonstrate, with the caveats that there were still some features and functions that weren’t complete, and on Friday they had done a controlled, but successful demo. The only major issue was a networking issue with dBase III, but Dany and I were close to solving it.By the time Jessica arrived on Friday evening, I was beat from the long hours that we’d put in during the week and didn’t feel like cooking,. We arrived at the Archer Conglomerate Headquarters’ building earlier than we expected. As I approached the receptionist, I saw her nametag; her name was Kaitlin. I recognized her from my prior visit as the new employee who wasn’t sure if she should call security because of how she felt about our presence.“Good morning, Kaitlin. I’m Doug Smith and I have an appointment with Chairman Smart at ten o’clock.”“Yes, Sir, Mister Smith. If you would care to have a seat, I’ll let Chairman Smart’s.