” She kept looking over at Chad, onlyto look away when he noticed.They finished their dinner and after a long chat, allfour people went to their... respective rooms for thenight. Michelle and Brian’s bedroom was down stairs onthe opposite side of the kitchen and left first. Chadand Alison spent a few minutes sitting in silencebefore going upstairs.Chad sat on his bed wondering how the rest of theholiday would go. It seems he went from being goodfriends with his aunt to being public. Meowlissa gasped gleefully and her eyes lit up as she rushed to Amandas side. You meowst be little Frankie! Do we have some gassy in our tum-tum? she cooed. I can take him if you want, she offered to Amanda. Youre a life saver. Ive been trying to burp him for fifteen minutes, Amanda said, gently passing the baby and burp cloth over to her. So, this is Meowlissa. Meowlissa, my wife Amanda. Oh, and theres a calico named Chester somewhere around here, I said. Well she certainly is cute. I. The area does contain fairly tall grasses, so we’ll still need to be careful.“The second, led by Lizzle, is on their way to a sizable lake with a wide beach, which provides a decent buffer from any immediate dangers.”“We’re splitting our team,” she reported. “Leaving a few people on the surface, two Lezmonom will submerge the shuttle to study the aquatic life this world supports.”“Are they versed in handling them underwater? I must admit, even us old-timers haven’t done it much, aside from when. "Sure."He pushed aside the half-eaten plate of Beef Stroganoff and reached for his wine."I kind of snooped around in Bob's office today. There was a manuscript in one of his desk drawers, and I read it."He took a sip of his wine."Looks like I've misjudged him, Claire. All that shit he's been writing to make money? I thought that was the best he could do. That manuscript in his desk drawer is Pulitzer Prize stuff at least. If I sent that to my publisher tomorrow with my name on it, they'd write.