Don't let him see it. I want it to be a surprise. Nothing too fancy; something he can wear to dinner. You boys should take your sister out more often.... The group snickered as Yann turned deep red.The only thing about the trip that I hated was that I couldn't buy out first class and I was too cheap to charter a private plane. So we all flew business class. I used e-ticketing religiously, avoid metal, and ship my luggage to the hotel, so check in and security were always a breeze.The boys, at my. ‘Let me go get them for you.’ While he was out, my phone rang. ‘Hawk,’ I said when I answered it. It was Lisa. ‘Hawk, Lisa. We have some new information.’ ‘I’m in the middle of something, Lisa. Can you call me back?’ I asked. ‘I’ll make it quick,’ Lisa said, ‘and you can call me back when you are free to talk. We found a tape at Calvin’s and his appointment book. Murphy showed up, but we got out without him seeing us. The tape showed the Galveston DA passing cash to someone I don’t know.’ I. By that spring, I felt like a new man. I could easily do a hundred sit-ups without breaking into more than a mild sweat, and I could do at least forty pull ups. All that logging and walking and dragging and lifting was good for me, damned good. Hell man, I could see my abs, and I was getting close to having a six pack. It was around that time that I figured out that my abductors had done something to me. As time passed, I became clear that my body really wasn't the body of a fifty-something man. “I would like to see her be only for you, Davy. That is what is best for her. Her programming is too strong, particularly since it reinforces her own nature. Having someone else would devastate her even more than an unprogrammed woman.”“That makes sense. I thought Andy was programmed that way. But, Mary, I am surprised by the way you feel. I never thought of you as a mother, I guess. And, I am surprised Uncle Bert programmed you the way he did. Why did he leave you with these incongruities?”“I.