"But Diana was shaking her head. "No, Dear. The unpopped kernels of corn are bigger than rice and would really hurt if they were thrown in someone's f...ce. They meant popped. Also, as I told you, Jeremy is already stressed about the wedding..." Men are supposed to be stressed about getting married. You think I wasn't? I was scared sh..." Jeff." Uh, really bad," he said as he looked around to make sure he hadn't been overheard. "Besides, he's an Alpha. He doesn't get any more slack than the rest. "Let's check out the lake and make a run up to the cabin."Not only did the land come with a 3 bedroom, three bath, huge kitchen, two car garage,16 acre lake and hardwoods, it also came with a two bedroom dovetail log cabin. The cabin was on the highest hill on the property.Bill made Marx eyes at E'veen, "there's a bear skin rug up there with your name on it." Ooo," shivered E'veen, "fur on my ass ... I'm all for it."She was halfway to the dock before she shouted, "race you!"Bill was running. Hey some things just lose money, but are still business expenses."Rita called to say she was leaving," Wilson said as he greeted me. "She said to keep in mind what she said about the hotel. What does that mean?" She wanted me to be careful not to invest more than I could get out of the hotel," I explained."I agree you should be careful, but I wouldn't make that the end all of your decision making," Wilson said and I agreed.I was still letting the owner stew a couple of day later when I got the. ”“So, we’re what; slaves, pets, food?”“No, nothing like that. The Asadii consider humans to be a special, possibly unique species. They’ve established human colonies on many, many worlds. Their plan is to allow us to populate the Galaxy. You see, intelligent life is extremely rare. Life, even complex life, is common, but intelligent, creative life that avoids extinction and develops a civilization is almost unknown. I’ve been on 34 colony worlds, plus Earth. I don’t know of anyone who has.