"Sorry," I said between laughs."You know, you really deserve all that punishment for getting me intoanother mess. But, I'm gonna' let you off the hook... Nobody's in trouble.Not me or you." You mean it?" Relief flooded through Carol's voice. "Your mom reallywasn't upset? I thought maybe that was just an act." Nope. She was pretty cool about the whole thing. So was my dad when hesaw me. I thought I was gonna' have a coronary though." Your dad saw you and he didn't freak?" I could hear her. "My lord, woman, where did you learn to kiss like that?"Half on the camp bed and half on Howard, with his arms around her, Gail braced her arms and lifted her shoulders. Her first words were stammered trying to cover her embarrassment, "I didn't ... it wasn't ... I just tried to..." She stopped for a moment for her head to clear so she could explain.Gail did not resist Howard's hand at the back of her head, encouraging her to relax against his shoulder. His other hand moved slowly up and down. ...i took all the sheets off and even searched the house but...nothing!! I have no clue who this girl is or what she wants from me. All i know is i want her.I climbed into bed. And as i turned to grab a book i felt the room get a little cold. I look and shes right next to me. Smiling that beautiful smile and her fangs are the sharpest ive ever seen. I finally swallow the lump in my throat enough to ask."Who are you?"She says nothing. She just stared at me lyke she wanted to eat me right here.. They are offering a reward of 95mCr's for it's safe return." "95mCr's for one robot?" "But not just any robot, this is a Model XXV with nudged quanta memory cells and advanced manipulative abilities. It is humanoid in design and normally coated in synthoskin for assignment to a client, but it fled before that could be performed.It was designed for use by the First Bank of the Horse Head Nebula and has been programmed with trillions of user account numbers and access codes. It carries links to.