Youmentioned it earlier... oh yeah chaperoned." Julie, that makes them good parents. They just want to make sure youare ok." Mrs. Anderson, they are ...ood parents. They love Brian and me, and theydo take good care of us, I don't want you to think that they neglect us,because they don't. They are busy with work though, and so we don'tspend as much time as a family as you all obviously do. I am not sayingit is bad, just different. I kinda like the closeness that I see in yourfamily though. . You sure don't looklike a school teacher now. Do you always dress up on your days off?"I didn't know what to say. I kind of stood there staring wide eyed andopened mouth at Jo. She was wearing these mirrored aviator sun glassesand I could see my own reflection in them. I finally, after what seemedlike a life time, closed my mouth and spoke."Hi." 'Brilliant,' I thought."Ya gonna invite me in or what!" She laughed."Oh God! I'm sorry. I was a little befuddled by this stupid thing forthe. "The three of them grabbed their coats and we headed for a door at the far end of the office from where the elevator was. A typical security door with a push bar led to a flight of stairs that turned once before leaving us at another door. This one also had a security bar on the inside.We pushed through and there was a Bell 206 sitting on the helipad. There was a smiling woman dressed in an Air Force uniform standing at the doorway who ushered us in. It was done in Air Force paint on the. "Should we let Beauty lick our new friend off?"Diamond calmed down immediately. He chomped on the apple Tammy held in her hand.Priscilla's eyes were glassy. She was shaking. Turning, she fell back on the ground and spread her legs again. "Eat me," she gasped, grateful that Tammy was keeping the black stallion quiet. "Eat me!"Tammy gave the giant horse another apple, then hurried over to Beauty. "No, Beauty. Leave her alone." She caught her pony's attention, held his head against her as.