Sheila was a hard girl."Now, you've finished the pantomime performance, let's look at that leg.She knelt down in front of me and gently unwound the ba...ndage.I only yelped a couple of times as she finally removed the covering. Notbad, considering."Hmm." What's wrong?" Does this hurt?" Ouch!" And this?" Ouch, ouch." Good, it looks OK. You don't need the bandage back on; you might get awaywith stockings tomorrow when you go to work." Do I have to go?" You promised your uncle when he rang,. Ed’s Star Hawk bounced three more times, erratically moving up or sideways, always away from the star-ship’s primary cone of fire.“I guess they don’t want to talk,” Commander Murphy mentally broadcast. “All units, execute Plan B,” he ordered, before dodging again.“Radio silence,” he ordered. “Mental only! There’s no reason to give them an easy target to lock onto!”Four wings of five Star Hawks each changed their hull configurations, and darted towards the alien ship. All Hawks were the same. "Well, since you guys have to go to school on Thursday, I figured that we could go to Cedar Point tomorrow. How do you guys feel about that?"The four of us agreed to that plan. We only had 2 more days of vacation left, might as well enjoy ourselves."I wish my sister could join us," Jenny added."Why don't you ask her," Dad asked."I'm supposed to stay away from my mom." Mark, why don't you go ask and see if Jan could join us?" Ok. I can ask."After dinner, I headed over to the Parks household. I. .. not anymore. That’s the past. That was old me. Call me ... Jessie. Sound good? A new name for the new me. Anyway, I’m sorry that I ... tried to burn your clothes, for the record, and kicked you out how I did. I fucked that up badly, pardon my French. And yes, I’m trying to ... be more forgiving, more understanding, less prudish, less self-righteous and sanctimonious. A truce? At long last?” Mom pleaded with Dad.“Truce. Thank you for that ... Jessie. Anyway, who’s your gentleman caller? I.