There he stood in my doorway, his light brown hair flopping loosely in his mocha eyes. I swear I have never seen anything quite as beautiful as my sev...enteen year old son. "Being lazy today, aren't we?" he said as he sat on my king size bed. "I'm allowed to be lazy" I said, "I did have twenty-two long hard hours of labor." "Yeah, seventeen years ago!" he said with the charming grin he always flashes my way. "Fine, I'll fix whatever you want for dinner, but you have to start on your homework. We sometimes even have dinner together, which is a rarity nowadays.Our sex life is probably like most people our age, once every two weeks or so. I wish it was a lot more but it takes two to tango. Cindy hasn't been much into dancing lately, pun intended.Because of my stupid gut, I'll now have to be on the lookout for any odd signs from Cindy. It's like I don't trust her anymore and for no reason. I'm just hoping my gut feeling is only indigestion.My problem is that I'm no super sleuth. I don't. I stopped, taking a deep breath at the top of the stairs. I hadn’t realized how tired I was. The insomnia followed by the stress of dealing with Tony had done me in. Turning down the hallway I saw the door was closed. Sheena and Bianca were resting. I opened the door slowly, cringing as the hinge squeaked. I’d have to have that fixed. Then, on second thought, maybe not; it was that squeaky hinge that had probably saved my daughter’s life.My clothes found the floor and, clad only in my. .. I believe that one of the things they announced was that the aliens expect humanity to be very fruitful and to multiply quickly if they are picked up. I'm guessing female companions are supposed to be," I began."Barefoot and pregnant?" Ashley chirped. "Or better still, bare naked, pregnant, and forever horny for their man." I wouldn't mind pregnant," Lenore said wistfully. "My little angel needs a friend. But where is she?" She's taking a nap in her room," Bea said firmly. "Although I'm.