Chapter 78: A Visitor

Carmella could see that something wasn't quite right as soon as Bilal returned home. His skin had an underglow of pink.

Her eyes locked onto his face. "How did it go?"

"It went well. I spoke to my sister."

"The three year old?" Carmella asked.

"Yes, but remember that age is different with Centaurians. We call her Young One and she told me that she wanted to be an anthropologist like me."

Carmella smiled. "Aww that's so cute. She wants to be like her big brother."

Raj sat on the couch next to his father, interested in this Young One.

Bilal cleared his throat and his skin tone turned yellow. "Well Young One wants to come to earth so that she can study it before the Centaurians deem it off limits for all travel."

Carmella's mouth parted and her brow gathered. "They're going to do what?" She asked. "Are you saying that they are taking the entire subject of returning humans to earth off the table?"