One minute they were here, the next they were gone. I envied them.I could make do with the people who killed my son or I could leave, search out anoth...r group of enhanced and end up in the same position or worse. If only I could find one person and be his only one. But that didn't happen in the old world and could never happen in this one.I looked at my baby. I'd made a mess of his hair so I fixed it. He always made sure his hair looked good.His fly was open and his penis was hanging out. I. I got light headed and fell down to my knees but I couldn’t stop smelling the then the strangest thing happened the vines seamed to reach out and wrap themselves around my arms lifting me up to my feet. I stumble around and turn my back to the wall and fall back in to the plant. The vines wrap around my legs and waist holding me up then s start opening up all around me the smell was mind numbing I didn’t know if it was real or if I was dreaming but I was enjoying it. The vines started to. She imagined some lizard-like child (the only alien race she'd ever met) pointing up at the night sky at the pretty new star, not realizing that the bright light that so enamored him announced the demise of two intelligent species. 'Is that what all our endeavors boil down to?' she lamented. 'A bright light in some alien child's eye?'She entered the mansion through the front door. That in itself was unusual, for the Golden Goddess usually flew directly to the balcony entrance of her quarters.. She felt different, sounded different, moved different. It was hell.The distraction meant I lasted longer than usual. I know she came twice, and maybe a third time, before I came myself. Afterward I slumped on her, quickly rolling off to lie beside her. I knew Maria didn't mind me lying on top of her; I wasn't sure about Kim. Another difference. I didn't know what to say, so I just said, "Thank you, Kim."She put her arms around me, "Thank you, husband."What! "Husband?" I asked her, puzzled.Kim.