" Okay, Rosie." Alex?" Rosie smiled down at him from her monitor."Yes, Rosie?" I'm very proud of you. All of you." She beamed with electronic pride."T...hanks... Mom" Alex was joking with her a little, but it just made her more proud. He turned and walked over to Tasha who was cleaning up some of the foodstuffs and containers from before. "Hey, Tash."She stopped and looked up at him smiling."We're gonna be ready to go pretty soon. Could you go get Ethan from the galley?" Sure thing. I'll see if I. He stopped when he saw Maria break their embrace and take hold of Susan’s hand.“Contessa,” he said to Maria. “I heard a cry.”Maria beamed.“Si, Generalissimo. A very important friend has arrived. This is Susan Bailey.” Maria looked behind her, as if expecting them to be just out of view, then turned to Susan. “And the others?”“With Helen at the hospital. They’ll be here soon.”Susan looked over at the Generalissimo, gun not pointed at her, but out and at the ready.“Hi, I’m Susan. You must be. .. She wondered how much was known about Spain's colonies. They had existed, so why not study them? She didn't mean the peasants, either, but the ones in the middle, below the upper nobility who had servants, and above the ones who had to struggle to scratch out a day-to-day existence."You look chipper," Aunt Jessica said when she got home."Dr. Wayland liked my idea of seeing how people in the middle lived," Danielle said. "Especially in the Spanish colonies, not just the English ones."Aunt. Soon her daughter was on her knees and lifting the short skirt. Eileen always wore very short skirts, not only because John liked them but also because she had good legs and liked to flash.“No knickers, mother,” the girl said mockingly. “Who got the pleasure of a view today?”“Oh lots and lots and Ohhh Michelle, that feels so good. So very good.”Michelle had pushed a finger into her mother and was pumping it.After a short while she pulled her daughter up and kissed her hard.“Bed!” she said.