Bob put the basket in the center of the blanket and opened it to retrieve a bottle of wine.Jenny stood between him and the beach, looking out at the c...ystal clear water and the gentle waves lapping at the shore. She looked up and down the beach and saw a few people walking and a few lying out to enjoy the sun. Otherwise, there weren't that many people around. "Where is everybody?" Jenny asked."Well, there aren't that many houses in this area and most of the land belongs to a few people."Jenny. There were a few tales that included the benevolent and wise creatures, who tried to save mankind from himself. But ultimately they never were too successful and ended up taking over for the benefit of the poor incompetent earthlings. He wished he had someone who he could go too and get an answer about the possibility of space aliens, without them thinking he needed professional help. A thought occurred to him and he started to call Kirkwood but decided to wait until morning.Sean arrived early. For over a hundred years I had lived alone, unmarried. I was my own boss, worked when I wanted to, and in general had few responsibilities.Now I was the Duke of a large city, and an even larger county! I was married with a child on the way. I had a wife who was determined to endanger herself, and the baby. Could life get any better? True, I was enjoying being married... mostly.I guess all married couples went through this, but not on this level or scale! I was almost sure that this was at the. Sundays we had only half a day together, then I would go back to wherever I was working, catching up on my sleep Sunday night.She was twenty two and still living at home with her parents. I was twenty two and the company I worked for had me supervising small projects all over the south east.I had a large garage apartment near her home in the city of Homewood area a surburb to Birmingham Alabama.I called Ann when I got home from Atlanta late Friday night and made a date with her for the next.