" (Welcome.)The four, Vanessa and David had been coached by Sam and Toshi, bowed,and said together, "Domo arigato gozaimasu." (Thank you very much.)Ai...ko, in perfect English, and with a smile, said, "It looks like Toshiand Sam have been giving lessons. Kioko and Taro, aren't here rightnow. But, will be back for supper."Toshi introduced David to Akio. And, then Akio hugged Vanessa like shewas a long lost member of the family. She showed the four to theirrooms, and said that she had to go to the. He and Holly slowly left the table after wishing both Brunson and Moneymaker good luck and he could not avoid the sick feeling in the pit of his stomach. He looked at the sexy blonde as they collected their winnings. ‘You played outstandingly throughout, Holly,’ he graciously said. She leant into him and gave a soft kiss on his cheek, her perfume assuaging his nostrils. ‘And you, Daniel Stone,’ she responded, ‘are a true champion.’ ‘Well, thank you,’ he ruefully said. ‘But I guess Texas Dollie. . nice to see you all again, especially this cutie-pie.”“Oh, Daddy, stop it ... you’re embarrassing me. They’ll bring me home after dinner, OK?”“Sure, JJ ... I’ll see you later, bye guys.”“JJ?” Caroline said. “What does that stand for?”“Jennifer Jolene, but only my Daddy can call me that,” she said.“I’ll bet Jimbo called you that,” I said.“Yeah-but I got real tired of him calling me that all the time,” Jenn responded.“OK, Jenn ... I’ll stop kidding you about it.”We ordered our food, I got the. It seemed that a band of scientists from the year 3348 had beentrying to fetch samples of sea life from our time and had gotten me as well.Realizing that I was damaged, in fact dying, they had placed me in anull-time chamber until they could get to a place were I could be repaired."You are badly damaged as a matter of fact you should be nonfunctional. Butthe tenacity of the human is in my memory banks and I am sorry for the painyou must be enduring but you must realize that in the human pain is.