. fucker wrote a book?” She scowled. “Fucking nerd.”She went back to welding.Inside the ship, with all four of them beat to hell, Tiff closed he...r eyes and brushed her thoughts against Shifter-Tiff. Hey, ST.Hey, Shifter-Tiff sounded tired. I’ve got the logs on where the DeeDee is heading next. Here’s the coordinates ... And as she rattled them out, Tiff took the control pad from Chen and plotted them out, frowning as she did so. It looked like the DeeDee was going to be heading straight back to. She was still asleep, so I went up to her bed and sat down next to her. Gently shaking her to wake her up."Not yet, mummy," she said still half asleep."It's Veerle," I said with a smile.She opened her eyes and smiled back at me while saying, "Oops." You rascal," I said and started tickling her.She was laughing out loud and tried to push me away. But she was now fully awake. So I stopped tickling her and said, "Time to get dressed again, we are leaving." Pity," she said while she was sulking. "I. Then, while he was still trying to make himself decent, I felt the car dramatically change lanes: James was pulling into a service station. This was my chance; I could end my charade. “Wh… what’s going on James?” I asked in a dreamy, sleepy voice. I would never win an Oscar but my act distracted him enough. I sat up, spine straight, innocently swept my skirt down my thighs, making myself decent and obliterating any potential awkward situation in that one instant. Bravo! “Err.. nothing… nothing. All over. We'll get Jacky started at the TAFE in Roma and then look out for you two. OK. ritual sacrifice in a few minutes." The girls giggled. We went back into the sitting room.While Weena disappeared with Alice and Martha, I chatted with Jacky, mum and dad. Meena and the chief arrived. Then Mr. Jackson arrived. He was a pleasant man, just a bit younger that dad. When the girls returned everyone exchanged greetings. I handed Patrick, wide awake, to Weena. Mr. Jackson said that unfortunately.