It was all out of order, and I wondered if I screwed up my shot at renewing things with Beth Ann. Colleen would certainly tell Rebecca everything, but... just as certainly, not Beth Ann. As I enjoyed the quite of afterglow, I ruminated on how changing things – changed things.Beth Ann would not go to work at the bank on the coming Monday, but Brian might go to work at the marina. I didn't hear Mr. Bell discuss that with them, but that only meant that the discussion didn't happen in my presence.I. The man ... the man is the same from her dream. He is quite handsome now that she has a chance to view him from a different angle and without him on top of her. And the woman is beautiful. Together they look like angels, a beauty that Mercy has never seen before. Together they look like the perfect match.The more she watches, the more she sees that they are not human. They are as strange to her as she is this planet. Their bodies sparkle with golden skin. Both have thin, long curved horns. But with both our parents agreeing with me, in the end Katrina acquiesced and accepted my plan. Well, I thought she did!Now one must understand, the period of time that we would have to wait before we started a family would not have been very long actually. Although I'm not one of the - what is generally referred to as - professional class; I had a very good and stable job that paid much more than national average wage. What's more, being a skilled worker, guys with my talents are in demand by. ‘They’ll be busy, no?’ ‘Like headless chickens in a minefield, I imagine.’ Warren smiled amiably. ‘Dig that road atlas out from under your seat and stand by with directions.’ ‘Aye Captain.’ she complied, rolling her eyes. ‘You’re the expert. You and Iceman back there, but… we really gotta make the mountains? We couldn’t just chill in a warehouse or somethin’?’ ‘If we happen by an acceptable spot before the mountains, we’ll stop. It seems unlikely though. Given the way things are shaping up.’.