I said I was sorry. She said, "Drop by the house and visit sometime." I didn't have the willpower to walk down the street to their house until months ...ater.By July, the hurt began to loosen its tenacious grip on me. Life was getting back to normal. I met Alexis' mom at the Fourth of July parade and once again she suggested I visit their home for a chat. It wasn't clear what she meant by a "chat" but I promised to make a visit. She asked, "How about Saturday night around eight?"I nodded, "Okay,. That's the first time I've ever felt like that with someone other than you, Kenny. I want to feel all that again and often. Those kids don't have cell phones, although I think Jed does because he has a job in town in addition to his work at home."The two of us had some left over pie and a glass of milk when we got home. Josey said, "Go to bed and don't let me get next to you. I'm really primed tonight. Maybe Jed will ask me for more, and I'll show that man what a woman can do." My sister was. The challenge was to guarantee that temperature and power could be maintained for the duration. No earthbound facility could make that promise half as well as the cold of space and solar panels.Officially—being rich allowed many things to become official—he was already dead from a failed treatment and this gravesite was provided by his space technology company. They even called the chamber a sarcophagus after the ancient Egyptian way of ferrying the ruler to the next life. Both hoped it would. " "Oh, I think you were," Sandy said as she brushed a strand of hair over her ear. "I hope Ray hasn't hired some pervert to work for us. Are you a perv, Bill?" I laid my tools down on the table and looked Sandy in the eye. "Look, I don't need any trouble. What do you expect a guy to do when you dress like that?" "Like what?" Sandy said innocently. "Like that," I replied pointing to her outfit. "Ray likes it when I wear this. He says I look hot. Do you think I'm hot, Bill?" "I'm just here to do.