But she pulled herself together with a glance at the girls. I could read her. We desperately needed to talk our way through this. But not here ... and... not in front of the girls.As we drove home the car was silent. Laura held my hand. I could feel her looking at me as I pretended the road was my only focus. She knew she hurt me with just a few, angry words. I still didn’t blame her ... but that didn’t lessen the sting. I had never seen that look in her eyes before. It scared me! I never wanted. It was lightly raining and there was a guard at the gate. He wrote down my lic. Plate then checked my name off a list."One of the requested early arrivals I see. Go ahead."I drive up to the portico, where a valet takes my jeep away to be parked, Ally is waiting at the door."Welcome, thanks for coming early!"We embrace and kiss. "Come, I want you to meet Debbie again."Ally directs me to her bedroom where Debbie is sitting in front of the makeup mirror."Hi, Debbie, nice to see you again." Hi, I. “Damn,” said Justin. “I was going to invite her and her scientists to Opal City in Emeralda.”Everyone laughed. Carther piped up, “I like the sound of living in Opal City. I think some of the produce we grow at home may just do well there.”He had been studying the information Lee had on a webpage and noticed the climatic similarities to Tuath. He had long since given up the idea of going to war with the Atlantians. He loved the idea of exploring a whole new region. Mary and Alice both squeezed. Lewis smiled and nodded. ‘Did you notice that she didn’t start looking for me until she saw the story about me owning the ranch and Center Corp’s offer? I bet the amount of the offer was in that story too. Julie likes me well enough and she thought she’d like to be the wife of a millionaire.’ Jim nodded. ‘I didn’t know about that offer but that’s the way I read her too. Use to have a horse like that. That animal wouldn’t eat hay, she had to have oats and corn. She didn’t like to be ridden much.