One of the girls had called Dr. Peterson to let her know we were just a mile away.We followed the sign to the emergency entrance. Dr. Peterson was the...e with several nurses and a gurney. Jenny was carried to labor and delivery. We had told Dr. Peterson that we wanted the biggest room she could get because Jenny wanted all of her family to witness the birth of our children, something that would never had happened 10 years ago.Dr. Peterson did an exam on Jenny, "Oh my, 10 cm already - you have. You should take this opportunityto familiarize yourself with how they look, how they smell, what they soundlike, their physical mannerisms. You'll be working in close contact with themfor several months, so it's important to get over any uneasiness quickly. "The first Marlingans you meet won't have those translators you might expectto see around their necks. They find them uncomfortable, and the whole pointof this initial meeting is our continued reassurance to the Marlingans thatwe are happy. The harshness was due to her long and varied arrest record. That put her out of the picture, as far as being an immediate threat to Regina.The other bit of news that caught my attention was the police report of her father's killing. He was walking to his car, following a pretty typical meeting as go-between for the Mayor's office, when, according to the two witnesses, he was attacked from behind by a man dressed all in black, who whipped out a very small caliber pistol and shot him in the back. .. well o.k i said , what are you telling me ? she's my lover said zoe , i just wanted you to know before we took things any further , i simply said it's not a problem your private life is your own affair,do you want to talk about it i asked , can we have a drink asked zoe so yes we had a drink and she opened up a little, she wenton the say that her and julie were lovers, but for professional reasons it was easier to tell people they where mother & daughter purely on the grounds of their age.