'Shit', mouthed Sarah to me. "Yes mum. Just back from the pub. I thought you were going out?" No dear, your dad is out but I stayed in. Sam has gone t... bed early. You must have tired her out when you took her shopping earlier. She said you'd talked her head off and she needed to get some shut-eye."Sarah indicated to me to stay where I was, next to the front door, while she opened the living room door to say hello to her Mom."Oh, you're naked," said Sarah on seeing her mum."Well Sam is asleep. ”Ed glanced in the mirror. He swore. “There’s a black SUV that just parked behind us.”“Let’s get out of here.”“There’s a hill over there. Maybe we can see what’s going on from there.”Ed pulled away from the curb. It took a minute or two to find a road that led up to the top of the hill. There was a scenic overlook with a parking lot. He pulled into the parking lot and looked around for a second before spotting the two black SUVs parked there. He didn’t bother to stop at the scenic. But I'm not just a geek. Not anymore.Rob's parents were closest, so after a couple more days in shuttling between Boston and New York, meeting a few people who were among the group that Doctor Fylakas promised would be making Rob filthy rich, they headed there first. Rob's dad had worked for the railroad most of his life, and still did, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, where Rob had grown up. They flew in aboard an Obsidian Research executive transport.Perhaps its due to the highly regulated nature of the. His body he pushed firmly up against my own. His kiss the most sensual I’ve ever experienced, his lips the softest I’d ever felt, his grip strong, his body warm. I was sinking at the knees. As if aware of my failing limbs, he slowly withdrew his mouth from my own. Seconds later I finally opened my eyes, they locked instantly onto his. He was still only inches away from my face, but his eyes stared back into mine. Neither of us spoke, and the longer the silence, the longer we knew what the other.