Chapter Five“Daddy? Who were those men who ate dinner with you and mommy? Auntie Evanna said they were aliens. I’ve never met an alien. I wish I could have met them.”
Stark gently squeezed his daughter’s fingers. He enjoyed walking Jessica to school. He enjoyed their chats—usually. That was not true today. To Jessica, Glacier and Albuquerque were equally distant places. One day he’d have to impress upon the reality of space travel and other planets. But how did a father explain to his daughter that she too was what the Earthlings called an alien?
Perhaps when she was older. He probably had a few months before he needed to have that sort of conversation.
“The men are visitors from the planet of Glacier. Two of them will be staying behind when the others go home.”
“Glacier? Where the Goo
