We'd had enough of those Michigan winters and it was time for some fun in the sun. The only contact my girlfriend and I had with our families was over...the phone and the internet. My girlfriend was about to leave the country and do some wildlife biology work for a whole ten days. Meanwhile I had made plans to take off some time at work so I could catch up with my family up in Michigan. Convienently my mother was able to also take some time off of work and offered to meet me at a half way point. How was it possible that there as another like him.WIthout a second thought he clocked into a channel that only Bruce and Clark had access to. He waited a few minutes before hearing a familiar deep voice call out the name. "Clark?" Bruce are you seeing this?" I thought I told you not to call this network unless it was an emergency." The guy behind the voice sounded unpleased with this."I know I know but I think I just found another.." Another what?" Bruce asked curious on what Clark was going. ” I gave her a hug. “You seem well.”“I’m OK. It’s been difficult. But the past week or so have seen improvement.”“Charles will be home in about an hour. Perhaps less, as it’s Friday and as he knew you would be arriving. Let me show you to your room.”“Should I get my stuff?”“No. Charles will want to help. It will make him feel as though he’s contributing.”“Don’t be snarky!”“I’m being honest. He’s said he’s done nothing for you these past months...”“I wasn’t in a welcoming or receptive mood.”“And. But I think I could have treated you a little better when you were in my care."She looked about her; seeing we were alone, she smiled, almost conspiratorially."May we sit, Mister Smith?" she asked, sounding for all the world like a little schoolgirl as she gestured to the sofa."Of course, Natalie," I said, and sat down. She stepped forward hesitantly, and then sat down gingerly on an ottoman directly in front of me, as if sitting in a chair were something foreign to her. Perhaps by now it.