" We try not to be," he said."It's hard not to smile when I see you, Ed. You're the missing piece in my life." My sentiments too, little one."We got h...ome early enough for the two of us to have one of those wonderful 'not-too-quickies' followed by a mutual shower. Since I think it's counter-productive to shower and then change back into the clothes I wore all day, I slipped into a clean set of scrubs that I keep at Ed's, you know, just in case, and waited for Gramma to get home from her bridge. Her hopes were dashed, however, when Gary called from work on the day of the concert and informed her he would have to work late getting out a rush order."But can't they get someone else?" Honey, I tried every guy here, they all have something on for tonight." But, why you?" Because the boss says so. Look, I'll make it up to you, I promise! OK?"Her voice was dispirited."Yeah, OK." Look," he offered, "why don't you call and see if you can get a friend to go with you. How about Susan? You said. All systems functioning.*Earth date 4th April, 2121. Time 16h02m45s GMT. Space Station Alpha 69. Geostationary above Mars. Unmanned. Nothing to –Correction: Earth space shuttle detected, docking in Shuttle Dock Number One. Analysing.– report. All systems functioning.Update: Space shuttle identified as Bharat Mata Three. One human occupant detected, Unidentified. Analysing.Earth date 4th April, 2121. Time 16h07m32s GMT. Space Station Alpha 69. Geostationary above Mars. Unmanned. Nothing to. It wasa very simple wig. She sat me down in a salon chair. She used a pickand brushed the wig out a little. She moved a couple of adjustable tabson the inside. She had me pull my head forward and flipped the wigbackward into place on my head. She explained as she went on how toproperly put on the wig. She told me how the wig was made with realhuman hair.I looked into the mirror. The man in the dress was gone. A young ladysat in his place. She had never looked so good. This was not a.