Pat was seated in one of the large overstuffed lounge chairs reading a cook book titled, 'Weird & Different Recipes'. God only knew what we were in fo... after her reading that. Vicky and Maria were laying on the floor looking through several College brochures, both Jen and Kim were seated in rockers bed-time nursing Kimberly and Jenny, and I was down on the carpet rolling around with little Sammy."Ouch! Dog gone it! No biting! Just sucking!" I heard Jen complain painfully as she unlatched. " June thought aloud. She thought about running out of the workshop but the only thing she could think of worse than being stuck with this strange man was being caught in the mall in so revealing a costume."Come closer, June, and know me better." Santa beckoned to her.With that gesture, June felt her whole body become a lit with tingling. Her skin became peppered with goosebumps. The strangeness of this encounter was ebbing as if the suddenness of her new garb and this man's transformation had. .. Billy's sister." Mina?" Oh, really?"Yeah ... as in the Mina half of the Sutherlands."They both laughed. It was pretty funny."But she's older." David objected."Bill grew ... a lot." Wendy explained."How much is a lot?" Always the pessimist."Six Ten." Wendy was pretty sure she got that right."Holy Shit. She's such a little thing ... mostly." Yeah ... Mina said she still has the anti gravity boobs." How do we get there? Drive or fly?" Fly ... they have a hangar ... the dig is a couple of miles. You bring donuts; cookies would be fine, too. Now then, I don't want you wearing those glasses anymore. If you want, you can go to a drugstore that has reading glasses. Choose one quarter diopter strength, but don't pay more than ten to fifteen dollars. You may not need them for more than a couple of weeks."He tapped the keyboard to save David's file and settled back in his chair."So, how are the boys?" They're fine. I spend most Sundays with them. How are Becky and your kids?" Becky's just.