"You know I've had a vasectomy, how can we make babies? You're talking about it and we've hardly discussed marriage and we've NEVER discussed having c...ildren." Joe said with a little edge towards her presumptions."Joseph, THAT'S how I know we are one. I KNOW we're getting married. I also know that if I asked you, you would have your vasectomy reversed. The babies? You wouldn't deny me that, because again, all I would have to do was ask you. You love me that much. I know that, because we are. We visited eight more stars with similarly abnormal vectors, all within fifteen light years of Sol. Every damned one of them had evidence of a space-faring culture that had dried up and blown away. We also found evidence of stellar power taps in each system. I convinced the captain that discretion was the better part of valor, and that caution was a survival skill. He agreed. We reported in over Q-bit links, then returned to Tau Ceti to mine enough rare-earths that we'd pay off a respectable. There was a very big man driving, and I could see them quarrelling as they left my driveway.When Morgan got off the bus, I met her outside. "Your mother came today."Morgan walked toward the barn, dropping her book bag just inside.With her hands on her hips, she said, "I won't go. I told you that. I'm not leaving here, ever!"Softly, I tried to explain. "Honey, you're a minor, which means a court will have to decide where you live. If she really wants you to go with her, I don't think I can do. I also couldn't help but notice how good Maggie was looking – for a woman of her age. I knew that she was a year older than my mum, which made her 59 years old. She had short brown hair, a very attractive face with nice wide eyes. Her body was pretty good for a 59 year old – she was probably a size 14, her tits still looked pretty pert and a nice shape. Again I found myself thinking that I could do all sorts of dirty things with her.I was suddenly brought back to reality as my dad told me to.