Always survive. The old fool hadwanted life, and he had gotten it. In spades."I'll call someone to come for you," I told him, pretty sure his mindwas ...till alive and well in that tiny body.I found my own clothes in a corner easily enough, and quickly dressed.The thugs had conveniently dropped their keys near the door where theyhad last been seen. I picked them up, and easily found the one to openthe door as I suddenly remembered the old man from a brief encounterjust sixty years ago.Hey, when. I had emails from Bobbie Chalmers and Mitch Price. Bobbie was just following up, making sure everything was working fine. I emailed him back and told him things were fine, asking if he had that new grand kid yet.Mitch was just emailing a 'what's up?', and I emailed him back saying I was busy, but not tied down to a suit or chair yet. A Gmail IM window popped up immediately."Sup, dude?" Chilling," I replied. "Got a pool guy coming by this morning, so gotta stick around the house." You got a. She turned and got some clothes pins from behind her. She attached two to each nipple and flicked them. She grabbed a couple more and attached them to my ball sack. It made me cringe and squirm every time she flicked the clothes pin."Please stop," I murmured.She laughed, "Why? Aren't you enjoying yourself?" N-no," I stammered."Awwww, poor baby," she teased, "okay, I'll take off these clothes pins for you."She ripped them off my left nipple, causing me to yell in pain. She laughed and did it. One day they would find out and perhaps talk accidentally. Perhaps it was time to introduce them to Hal and Matt along with a communicator.When we could, we got the kids to start their academy training. Betts and Erica went on early patrol but Chuck and Wendy stayed behind. There was lots of work to do for the party and they knew I was working on a new computer.Just before supper, I made an important breakthrough. A small piece of road sand was partially displaced. It was only an infinitesimal.