While Dave couldn't categorize his in-laws (or was it former in-laws now?) as being rich, they were certainly far from being poor. Dave would have cat...gorized them as 'upper upper middle class'; much of their wealth came from a family business Stan had inherited. But they, especially Deborah, had a pretty strong opinion of themselves; they had always given the impression that Julie had married beneath her. His relationship with them had never been as warm as it might have been, and he almost. Rose had time to know what it felt like to be a disembodied head before consciousnesses faded into sweet oblivion.The heroic Sprites stood around the body where it fell. They watched as the final beats of the wildly racing heart spurted blood out of what was left of Rose’s neck. The blood soaked into the dirt where the body lay twitching. It made a sticky nutrient rich mud that immediately began attracting insect life. Without comment or remorse, they rejoined the line of Sprites waiting to. Terri is a tall, statuesque strawberry blonde. She didn’t like Shane when they met before; their personalities clashed because they are both strong willed and out spoken. This second time they met, I was with Shane, and there was an instant attraction between Terri and I. Shane told me later that she was defiantly interested in me. “Really?” I say. “I think she is hot, too!”Shane informs me that Terri’s boyfriend is leaving for awhile, and they have decided that Terri will spend some time. I was even able to scan her, although she's down in San Jose now.}{You probably picked her out because you'd scanned her before. Now, if Phil's guy can just find the rest of the suspects... }{Sheila's changed a lot since we heard from her last. She's a much nicer person now.}{Yeah, I can believe that. I think she just got a little carried away with the power she had. She was wanting to breed a race of telepaths.}{She had the idea that if everyone were telepathic, there wouldn't be any crime..