When the workmen tried to drill into it their diamond bit drills barely scratched the surface. They had to bring in lasers to make holes.West Seattle:...enny was feeding Gaia her lunch. She was giving Gaia a taste of all the different fruits and berries they had. Her little daughter was now a year old going on ten years old. She was walking every day. She would go all over the Shelter. Carol brought in a baby walker early on that Gaia could sit in or stand and move around. She liked someone. She wasn’t doing as much as either Lois or Angela for Miranda. She knew that was best for her mother, but she still felt guilty. It wasn’t helping that she was growing ever closer to Hugh. She knew her mother wouldn’t approve of Hugh—or, indeed, any man. But she still felt guilty that she was giving Hugh attention that she wasn’t giving her own mother in her waning days. It didn’t help that the model that Hugh had provided was to concentrate on the parent who was in the process of passing,. She was the only one in the room besides me that was halfway clothed, the rest of the girls wore lingerie, bikinis or just went topless. “Coke,” I said. She got me a glass with a few ice cubes in it and poured the drink. I sipped, then began to look around the room.The walls and ceiling were inlaid with wooden panels, and draped with red sheets that matched the red leather upholstery of most of the furniture. It was divided into separees that lined the walls, all with comfortable looking. "Mr. Smithson, I'm sorry for my conduct. He just pissed me off when he started to attack my friend." Honey, the only thing you have to be sorry for is not calling me Cy. What may I call you so that I don't get in trouble with my female staff for calling you honey?"Rhonda," she laughed. "This is Paul Brown. The woman knelling over the body is Doctor Jamie Brown, and the woman with the mad on is Ester no last name."Cy was a young man for the responsibilities he held. His bearing was that of a man.