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be fine. Which door is the bathroom?” Annie asked. Cravr pointed to it and Annie went inside. That was one of the many things that made this van perfect for surveillance.
    Annie came out and took her seat. “This reminds me of those old movies where the cops sit and watch a house.”
    “I have started watching some of those old movies. They are very funny, but did the guy always get the girl in real life?”
    “No, I’ve read that they often didn’t and sometimes they did only to get divorced later.”
    “What is divorced?”
    “It where they married or mated, and then they split up and find new mates.”
    Cravr felt horrified. “Your people do this?”
    “Not so much anymore. These days most men don’t marry at all. They just live with a female and throw her out, when they find one they want more.”
    “That is barbaric. What about love? What happens to the children?”
    “Modern Earth men don’t believe in love. Daughters go with the mother. If they have a son, the man usually stays with the mother, but if he does kick her out, the boy stays with his dad.”
    “Children need stability and love. That is sad.”
    Annie went and poured herself a cup of coffee. She took a sip. “Holy cow! What is that shit?”
    Cravr chuckled, he couldn’t help it. “That’s crue, it’s local coffee. I think we have some instant coffee more to your liking in the cupboard.”
    “That wasn’t funny.” Annie glared at him as she pulled the instant coffee down. “You should have warned me. That stuff is nasty and I think it turned my mouth inside out.”
    Cravr laughed now. Her expression was so fierce, his sweet Annie. “You are adorable.”
    “You don’t know much about women do you?”
    “What do you mean?”
    “Adorable I ain’t. Some of us hold a grudge.”
    “What does that mean?”
    “I’d be checking all my food and drink carefully for a long time, if I were you.”
    “You wouldn’t do anything to my food. Would you?”
    “Hmpf!”
    Cravr would never admit it, but now he was worried. It was true, he knew little about females and nothing about human ones. He only hoped Annie was teasing about her desire to get even. Maybe laughing at her wasn’t such a good idea. The male looked at Annie as she drank and obviously enjoyed, the instant coffee.
    “Is it true you rarely got coffee at your former home?”
    “Yes, prices were too high. Most of it is either exported or bought by the men.”
    “You’ll have access to it here. Lista loves it, all the mates do, and they’ve even converted my mother to drinking it.”
    “I’m sure she was happy to have something that wasn’t bitter for a change.”
    “Maybe?” Cravr wasn’t sure what to say. It was true their females didn’t enjoy the crue as much as the males did but there had been no other choice for them. Annie, normally good natured, wasn’t acting like her usual self either.
    Annie laughed, probably because Cravr was so unsure of how to handle her. Either that, or she was just laughing at him, he didn’t like that. He remembered that other Earth saying, now you know how I feel . Maybe he shouldn’t have laughed at her, he would be more careful in the future.
    “Not maybe, definitely.” Annie confirmed.
    Things were quiet between them now as they scanned the screens and looked out of the windows hoping for something to do to kill the boredom and uncomfortable silence. Cravr turned the screen slightly.
    “What was that?”
    “What?” He asked.
    “That flash of heat.”
    “I don’t see anything.” He admitted staring at the screen. Then he saw it, a brief flash of heated air. “There it is. They must be hiding their heat signature but someone opened a door or there’s a leak.” As they watched, the puff of hot air showed up every five minutes or so. “Good job seeing that. I might have missed it.” Annie smiled at him, clearly pleased with the praise. Hopefully, she would forget she’d been angry with him.
    Since it was obvious