Molly loomed over her in a move calculated to cause dread.Alice threw her headphones in her attacker’s face. She rolled to the side and scrambled un...er the bed. In only a couple of seconds, she emerged on the other side, with dust bunnies in her hair, and something shiny in her hand.Molly lunged across the bed, intending to beat the tiny woman into submission. Nothing too hard. Just a few love taps to put her into a more receptive frame of mind. She never had the chance. It was an odd overhead. About half an hour later, Joan was fed and had clean nappies, the sun started to descend behind the trees and it got cooler. “I think it’s time to go home” Cathy said to me. Incredible, what her soft, throaty voice could do with even these banalities. Gentlemanly, I offered to accompany her to her place, which I was allowed, provided that I took my turn of pushing the pram on the gravel paths. We talked and I felt like being part of a family already. Cathy’s flat was not far away from the park,. "Tell them I'll be there in about forty minutes to pick them up."{Okay, } Megan sounded happy. {You're really a sweet man James Foxworth.}"I'm only here to serve," Jim grinned.After he hung up the phone, Jim grabbed the keys to his Jeep as it was roomier than the Vette. And since they were three for the trip back, it seemed to make sense. He placed Curly in his pen and drove into town to pick up his two teenaged charges.Kaelee and Karen were waiting nervously for Mr. Foxworth to drive by. Sure,. What she really did miss were her friends and lovers, Dave and Kirim. But, life had to go on. Appearances, at least on her social level, needed to be maintained. Particularly as she was being fast-tracked towards a position as a Bureaucrat, (planetary) at least, within the Empire; with a possibility of rising as high as a Bureaucrat (Vreekoos) or further if she performed well, though the competition was fierce, she admitted.“Segment seven hundred and fourteen completed and aligned, Monitor.