I know I will have to go back home in a few days but I will never forget this time in my life Dan. You have set me on the way to finding out who I am ...and what path I want my life to follow. The biggest hurdles are yet to come and I don’t dare to think too much about that just now. I know though, that you will be here for me to help me along and that makes me feel so good. I can’t thank you enough.”“Wow Brett; that was some speech” I said quietly. “I have no worries about that. You will find. "Aunt Karen, I seem to have a teensy little problem. I'm trying to jump-start my love life, but I'm totally ignorant of the mechanics of it. Yes, of course there are gazillions of books on the subject, but what can I learn from just reading?" When it comes to the erotic arts, sad to say, books are pretty much a waste of time. Ah, Matilda, there is so much I could teach you, so much pain I'd like to spare you. Unfortunately, it's all too true that pain is the great teacher. Probably the best I. She suggested I leave some Heinlein collections around. Which got us talking about Heinlein, and then science fiction in general, and we got to exchanging titles and authors, and when our time was up she said:"I've really enjoyed our conversation, Mr. Millman." So have I. Perhaps we could continue it over coffee or dinner sometime?"She smiled gloriously, and we traded phone numbers, as well.Hey, being a single parent isn't all bad after all, I thought.When I got home, Bill was sprawled on the. Caris didn't get to finish her tirade and accusations of sexual assault. A man in black stood some forty paces away with his nose and mouth covered. The only men actively searching for Amazons are slavers. She jumped to her feet and yelled an alarm. The man didn't move allowing the women to quickly arm themselves. Caris and Kassin took lead, Ailli who was weaker stood behind, and Vellina strung her bow and notched an arrow from a few paces back. He noted the plain small unit strategy. .