She laughed. "As if I could afford it, even a place like this. I'm going to school and paying for most of it. No, my parents thought that the great burden of their agreed-upon portion of my tuition was cause to downsize. We still have plenty of money, but we probably wouldn't have if they continued their lavish living. So, between stoppingor moving, they chose to move." Annie caught herself and suddenly realized that she had said too much, especially to a stranger. "Look at me, giving you my whole life story and you just came over to deliver a package." 

"Annie!" a male voice called from another room. "Who is it?"

Annie rolled her eyes."Because they can't come and check for themselves," she muttered to Steve. She turned and yelled back, "It's nobody!" and then turned back to Steve. She msmiled and bit her lower lip, leaning agaist the door frame. "They'll meet you eventually," she said with a wink.