’ ‘Not adverse…..maybe on the way back….’ Kicking the last of the embers and ash from the small fire with his shoe Michael looked at Libby. ...��You know what this means don’t you. Derosa is now in the clear for the fraud unless your dad implicates him, which he’s not liable to do as it would be an admission on his part. It also means the bastard gets away with murder. You ok with that?’ ‘If you are.’ ‘I can live with it….what I can’t live without is you Libby.’ Libby’s heart melted and she threw. "Jennifer and I have discussed how to do this. Jennifer has a lot more detailed information concerning your 1436 expedition. I'll start off with a general description of Earth now, and then give Jennifer the floor."Lynda took a deep breath. "At the beginning of June, 2043, Earth's estimated population was 900 million, about where it was in 1776, the old U.S. Revolutionary War. The current population is also 99.8% female, 1.8 million males and the rest females. The WFM is near their goal of. " I told you what happened."Brianna took a deep breath."I think you lied."Melissa didn't react to Brianna's statement other than to drop her gaze to the floor. She said nothing for the longest time, and just when Brianna figured she'd failed again, Melissa sniffled and a single tear hung to the corner of her eye for a minute before sliding down her face. A surge of hope filled Brianna."Let me help you, Melissa. You don't have to go through this alone. There are people, professionals, who can. I finally decided that if Hal wasn't there I'd be no worse off than usual, I'd just have pick up some homeless guy hanging around like I'd done many times before. ***As it turned out Hal was waiting in the park and I took him to my car and drove us to my house. Unlike the other guys he wouldn't let me do him as he was. He said that even though he was homeless he had his pride. So finally I stopped trying to dissuade him from a shower and let him take one. While he was in the shower I suddenly.