"Thank God for that, then. If that night had never happened, then this night might never have happened." Another 'what if?'"Tracy's huge eyes held min... as she asked, "And how about you and me? Do we ever get married in the fantasy? Or is it always just sex? Always just friends?"I looked right at her: "You are so much more to me than 'just a friend, ' Trace. I've had lots of friends in my life. Some of them have even been ridiculously beautiful women. But none of them have been you." Do we get. The air car sent out a signal of your pending arrival. I sense that you are in the company of others. Will your guests be accompanying you to the lab?" The machine continued.Steve whispered to Mist who was standing near him, "The machine must believe I am this Dr. Ubeajh I wonder if his was one of the bodies we found. I think I will let it believe that I am. We'll see what happens."On a hunch Steve, addressed the machine, "Can you turn the homing signal off on the air car; we may be leaving. After rummaging around for a second, Connor found the phone. He flipped it open, ‘Hello?’ ‘Ohmigod Kat where are you? I mean, are you ok? You always call but I got home and you weren’t here and your bed hadn’t been slept in and I was so worried after last night’s downpour and you didn’t call or leave a note or anything and…’ Connor wasn’t quite sure how to stop the flood so he just interrupted ‘Um, sorry, Kat’s sleeping, uhh…’ ‘Wait, you’re not Kat? Where is she? Who are you? What have you. I won't have spare money for anew dress for a couple months," I was a little relieved."You never asked me anything about me at the restaurant," she pointedout as we got into the car. "Aren't you interested in me?" Oh, absolutely! I want to know everything. But you were asking all thequestions so I didn't want to interrupt." Well, now is your chance," Kate pulled away from the curb. "Ask away." Family?" No, unfortunately I was an only child, born to a pair of parents whowere only children.