No couch. Nathan only had one option in that case. The floor. For a split second he thought to himself how nice it’d be to share a bed with a woman ...s beautiful as his daughter - but he felt a little disgusted with himself for doing so. Not for the first time in the day he had to remind himself that she was his daughter.Nicole smiled sweetly at her father, before leaping back to her feet and padding over to their ensuite bathroom. The beautiful, pale redhead then unbuttoned her denim skirt,. Her mouth twitched. "They do, and right now I hate them. There are lines I refuse to cross, and I've encountered one."I wasn't sure if she meant she hated the life we lived, or the people who stayed with us. I guess it didn't really matter.She wasn't there the next morning, though she'd left me a note. I knew school started at 9:00, so I had a leisurely breakfast and a wild trip down the hill on my new bike. Cynthia was surprised to see me, but seemed mollified by a promise to tell her more. The only stops were for fuel and food. The latter was necessary since we had a lot more people on board than Capt. Johnson had planned for. The 32 mountain men that we were carrying as passengers really cut through our food stores. Man, could those men eat! Oh, well, they were also damned good hunters, so we rarely took long in our stops for hunting. Fuel replacement usually took much longer, but the extra hands cut the time for that, too. Everybody understood the need for haste if they were to. I felt my heart pound as I looked at the most gorgeous creature I have ever seen.The woman that had entered the coffee shop was a little taller than me, I would guess just under six foot tall. She had the most amazing copper coloured hair I have ever seen, a sweet almost triangular face with a sharp chin but the face was dominated by large striking green eyes.I flushed and looked down at the table. God I wish my heart would stop pounding.I gulped down the rest of my coffee and quickly gathered.