Bailey didn't know it, but she glowed for the rest of the night. She couldn't stop smiling and her eyes would light up at the mere mention of Gabriel ...MacKenzie.When they got home, April and Bailey went to the room they shared. Ordinarily they might have gone out on a Saturday night, but after the party at Gabe's and then the hour-long drive home, neither was inclined to go visit with any of their small-town friends.They each crawled into their beds. April turned the television on while Bailey. She still hadn't slept and was starting to feel a little dizzy because of it. She was standing in the kitchen when she heard him come in. She wanted to hide, knowing that Tiny would be there. But she just stood there, putting the food onto a platter, so she could serve dinner to them.Donny strolled into the kitchen and smiled at her. "Hi, Daddy! Are you hungry?" She kissed him and quickly walked past him putting the dinner down on the center of the table. He pulled her away from the table and. "I start to stand up in the mud and look at everyone smiling at me lookingat me up and down. "Well I am glad you are okay, but we need to get youcleaned up. Now walk over to the back door slowly so you don't trip againwhile I get you a towel sweetie." That's messed up, I get blamed for everything. I didn't do anything andmom automatically blamed me," Andy says as he stares at me walking. Iwant to tell Andy I know the feeling, I get blamed for everything at hometoo.Amy walks with me but does not. The language meant nothing to me, but the pictures certainly left me with a chill running down my spine.The front page showed a picture of a Gatherer from the Coalition of Species. Hundreds of kilometres across, a starship capable of strip-mining a world in a matter of days. If these people had been visited by one of them, it would be surprising if any had survived. But why did T'ger take me?A noise outside attracted my attention. As stealthily as I could, and I must admit to being pretty.