Maureen was still there also, as her Mother hadn’t returned from work yet.“Maureen will be eating with us,” Jill told me when I appeared in the ...itchen after transferring from the Pub.“You’ve been drinking with Grandfather,” the youngster said very perceptively.“Yes, I had one pint. Your Grandfather and the others had several before I left, and they are still there,” I told her to a sad look from her.“Yes, almost every night,” she said.“Come eat, dinner is ready,” Jill told us, and led the way. However, I still needed to be careful.Normally, I would not have considered stepping into the lion's den by going to the surface. But Jake said that the only way that I could firmly establish my superiority was to show up in person, thereby proving that I was not afraid of any thing that the Utorians might do. Okay, under those circumstances, I would take a chance and go to the palace on Utor. However, I was going to take along my assault team to act as bodyguards. Also, I was going to take. "To her it was simple. For me, I had to leap over the long held beliefthat going out in daylight was a death knell."Coming?" mom asked.I held back at the door for a moment before I managed to take the firststep outside, then quickly walked to the small table where mom had acarafe and two cups for us. I lifted the cup to my lips, sipped, and sawthe lipstick print I had left on the rim. Everything about being outsidedressed as a girl was tantalizing, from the fresh breeze as it waftedthrough my. I'm not comfortable with being indoors for this long." I know this is hard on you, but it is for your own safety," she says, for the hundredth time.I try not to roll my eyes while I say, "I know, but I've been taking care of myself for a long time now." I've been living on the streets since I ran away from my slime ball of a dad when I was sixteen. Has it really been six years already? "I just want to go out dancing, or have a nice meal with a cute guy, instead of being stuck in that place all.