She was wearing a long black dress which clung to her, finishing in shiny black heels..) she liked the compliment and leant forward to me, 'i wear bl...ack because i am a vampire'. ..that stopped me for a bit, i didn't really know what to say. She grinned and leant back into her seat, taking a drag. I laughed and asked her if she was going to drink my blood then? she leant back into me and whispered that she might, this time no smiles. Then she took my hand and turned it over so the palm was. She felt as though a hot spotlight had been turned on her and that she was in the proverbial "hot seat" being given the third degree. Her hands trembled visibly and her lower lip quivered with apprehensionShe dared not look at Sam again, because she knew it would be too painful. What choices did she have! If she left Sam now she would be back where she started... only worse maybe, with no husband, no job... nothing. She could always get another job waiting on tables, but the very thought. 'Yay! Score three points for me! But if you really want to know, I'd rather have her here than dead... 'He was tempted to go up to the guestroom to see if, magically, she'd simply teleported in from somewhere. 'Oh! You mean me? Missing? No, I was just curious about... 'Frank Junior came down the stairs, interrupting Jake's morose thoughts."Well, Béla's still asleep. It's amazing that she's even alive. The stories I remember ... Anyway, the baby seems fine. I can hear a heartbeat. It's really. After the data displays were complete, the Admiral shocked me by shaking my hand and telling me that my work was first rate.The Admiral then thought at me with his cerebral communication implant: 'Ok hot shot, you set a new record on your test flight, but why did you have to risk my granddaughter's life doing it?''Grandpa!' Bonnie thought back, 'He didn't know they would be there. Besides, I am registered as the first officer of 'My Love'."The Admiral scoffed at this, "So, that's how it is..