.. I’m still a guy.In the last year-and-a-half since my wife died, I have caught myself staring at my step-daughter’s friend in something other th...n a simply friendly fashion. Hell, as long as I am being honest, I have caught myself staring at my step-daughter in something less than a fatherly way.Right now, however, I knew Kim needed a friend. And I felt it was my duty to try to be that friend.“Well, the first thing we are going to do is get you inside,” I told her, as I undid Kim’s seatbelt.. "Mike!" Willow's voice called. "Mike! Where are you?" Over here," I replied wearily. "I'm over here. It's alright." Holy fuck," Jake exclaimed as he emerged from a thicket and ran to me."What was that? What just happened? Are you okay?" Yeah. I'm fine." You're bleeding!" he pointed out in a distressed tone. "You've got awound in your forehead." It's nothing. Just a little scratch. I don't even feel it." What was that thing, anyway?" A demon," I said and pointed at the burning body. "It was a. I can't believe this... years and years of cover-ups, when the truth was always known..." Well," Dryson continued, "it wasn't like the Groom Lake testing facility's real purpose was known. No one believed the UFO crap for good reason; no alien spaceships were ever captured. However, we did make quite a few advances through talking to other species. The Freedom and her sister ships are a culmination of these advances." Now, what exactly is the Great Alliance?" Preliator asked."Ah," Dryson said. Bound to meet someone else, another man unafraid to ask her out and to declare his love for her, he feared the loss of her. Higher and farther away flew his beautiful butterfly, until he could no longer see her. She was gone. Was it too late? Why would I choose to spend my life alone pining for Gabriella, who I could have had if only I had asked her to marry me? What is wrong with me? He thought all of his in nano-seconds as his life flashed before him. He swore that if he came out of this.