" She turned to me. "Bye, Dan. Can I call you later?" Sure," I said.And as she walked the kids to her car, I heard little Haley singing, "Nina's got a...boyfriend" in a teasing song.I thought that silly. Flattering. I'd known Nina for a week. Seen her four times, counting today. And there was that twenty years disparity in ages. But what red-blooded guy wouldn't look at her and entertain a thought or two ... I pushed those thoughts away. Since that pretty teen with the striking hair was gone, I. There was no voice, only the opening of the big gates to allow her car access. She was shaking as she unfastened the children and with them made her way to the front doors, which as before opened at her approach.The children had sensed Susan’s fear and were tentative as the trio entered the house, hiding behind Susan’s skirt. Until, that is, they saw who it was standing in the hallway to greet them. Gail gave a squeal of delight and with a shout of “Uncle Victor!” ran to him with a happy. Ray started his slides into their work about wedding AI and their robot, currently a somewhat lifelike female head that fronted for a bank of computers in the bowels of their one building. They referred to the robotic head as Olivia. They were focusing on three major problem areas: natural language processing on both input and output, appropriate facial expressions driven by several dozen small servos just under Olivia’s artificial skin, and rapid recall, particularly for short-term memory. He sat on the sofa and just stared into the living room while he continued trying to fully wake up.Rockie joined him on the sofa. She took his arm and pulled. He didn’t offer any resistance, either because he agreed with her actions or because he was not awake enough to realize what was happening. She positioned him so he could lay on the sofa with his head on her lap.“Are you warm enough?” she asked. he just nodded his head and settled it onto her thighs. She was wearing shorts that ended.