“Start what?” I asked ... like a complete idiot. She rolled her eyes.“My period,” she replied. “I mean, unless you knocked me up or somethin...g.”“What?” I asked.Liz laughed again.“No,” she said. “I’ve already started to spot. I felt it coming on and then I noticed blood in my bikini bottom when I was changing at the beach. That’s why I wore the black bottoms with the white top.”The female menstruation cycle was never something that held a great interest to me ... other than once when a girlfriend. "Hello? Can any life form hear me?" Matt said nervously.A section of armor was hanging forward off its belly area. Matt approached it slowly. The flashlight beam showed a seam in the metal there. He reached out and touched it, and the panels popped inward, then slid sideways in either direction, revealing the inside. It was a cockpit, and an empty one at that. "It's a mecha. An extraterrestrial mecha," Matt whispered with amazement. Rather than a seat with controls, the cockpit was a fully open. And then I had this dream where he was putting the cream on my back and I turned over and this time he did touch me.” She closed her eyes, unable to watch her mother’s face. “It was pretty intense.”“I can imagine,” said Mindy, softly. She wasn’t sure how to feel ... for a number of reasons.“Your turn,” said Jennifer, wanting to hurry things along and get past her own confession. She wasn’t sure it had been such a great idea to be that open with her mother.“Not so fast,” said Mindy. “Did he say. His name is Tiny. He will arrange for the audit."Sue, being her usual very nice self went over and gave the bookkeeper a hug and said, "You'll like working with Steve."I asked both Mike and the bookkeeper to continue with their day as if we had never been there. We would return soon.We took the car across the street and parked it in front of our shop, and went in to go see Ruth. I dictated a quick letter and had her address it to each one of the managers.It read, "You are notified by the new.