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until he convinced me to move in with him. I’d barely had time to unpack my bags and he did a complete turnaround. Suddenly, I felt like I was in some kind of communist, POW camp.
    It wasn’t long before I figured out that the hotshot owner of Reyes Contracting, his up and coming company, so he thinks, was bat shit crazy. That nut job even had a habit of arguing with himself.
    So how could I know for sure Levan wasn’t just as loony?
    “Yup.” I nodded. “I’m definitely going to need to check your credentials.”
    “Okay, if you insist.” Chuckling, he showed me the top of his hand. Suddenly, a strange symbol began glowing on his skin.
    “How did you do that?” I asked, jumping back.
    “It’s a birthmark of sorts. It means I am a son of the Royal House of Piam, but here, I am simply Levan Shaw.”
    “Okay, so you’re Houdini,” I rolled my eyes. “So how do I actually check out who you are?”
    Again, he put his arm around my shoulder. “I promise, one day you’ll know for sure that I’m telling you the truth, but for now you are going to have to trust me.”
    I was two seconds away from asking him if he’d like to get a little closer when Tuke came storming out of the restroom.
    “Okay Mister! I’ve had about enough of your horseshit!” he shouted, wagging his finger the whole time he was stomping toward us. “My sister don’t want anything to do with you, if you can’t come up with some info she can use … and get your arm off her,” Tuke said, reaching up to knock Levan’s arm from my shoulders.
    “Tuke!” I gasped. “You weren’t supposed to come out unless I was in danger.”
    “Well you were,” he hollered, his eyes still fixed on Levan. “You were in danger of being suckered by this charlatan. I know exactly what he’s trying to say … without really saying it. He’s trying to say he’s an alien … and by the way, he wants to get into your pants.”
    I’d already figured as much, at least about the alien part. Levan wasn’t the first person to insinuate he was alien, though he sure had been the most debonair. As far as the, getting into my pants, well I wasn’t so sure I was opposed to the idea, at least not near as much as Tuke was.
    “I was wondering when you were going to make an appearance,” Levan smirked.
    “Well I’m here now, so you can just knock off the bullshit.” Tuke was so angry that his face was turning red.
    It had been a long time since I’d seen my brother so hopping mad. The last time was when he tripped over his own two feet and fell in front of our entire senior class during prom. That time I’d been smart enough not to let him see me laughing, but his date hadn’t been as tactful. Susan laughed so hard that she’d nearly fell too. Needless to say, they broke off their little romance the next day.
    “It’s okay,” I told my brother. “He’s given me a little I can check out.”
    Tuke continued to glare at Levan.
    Ignoring him for the moment, I turned to Levan. “How can I contact you?”
    “I’ll be in touch with you,” he said.
    After giving Tuke a curt nod, Levan turned and walked away.
    Tuke watched him get into the Lamborghini, a mixture of awe and envy on his face.
    When Levan’s taillights disappeared, Tuke turned his attention to me. “I suggest you watch out for that guy, little sister. Now if you don’t have anymore harebrained ideas, I’d like to get back to my tube.”
    Tuke and his TV. The only thing he liked more was a boy’s night out at the Green Man, and cute waitresses.

Chapter Four
     
     
    I hated the morning shift, but any other shift would have left me no opportunity to pursue my first love, mysteries. Mysteries intrigued me. All kinds of mysteries, from the basic who done it, to complex government cover-ups. I tended to pay more attention to the cover up kind of mysteries, which could have had something to do with growing up so close to Area 51.
    Officially, I’d never actually seen a UFO. The one thing