"How would the judge know that you hadn't had someone kidnap him or try to kill him so you could have an affair?" he asked."This way, he's back, he ca... have his say, sign the divorce papers, and we can move on," he said."Or you could decide after all that you'd be happier with him," he said quietly."You do have 24 years of history together, and a child," he said."Versus, our few months together," he continued.I looked at the ground and pulled away from him."I did feel something when I saw him. Maisie’s mother was a teacher at the local Further Education College and had divorced her father. Maisie had always been very keen on acting and her mother had been the one who’d encouraged Maisie to attend the audition for the part in St. Denis Road. She smiled cheekily. No, she didn’t think her mother really appreciated the sex content of the soap opera. Yes, she enjoyed working on it and she loved watching herself on television. Her mother had insisted however she shouldn’t tell her friends. ”She smiled such a sad smile. It nearly made me cry.“Phil, I have to go home and have this baby. You HAVE to see this mission through. It’s too dangerous for me to go hopping around airplanes and beating the bushes on all of these island bases. It’s just too dangerous.“Don’t worry about me. I will be fine and take care of myself and Junior, here,” she said, patting her beautiful stomach.I knew when I was whipped.“OK. Let’s finish getting cleaned up and go see the Base Chaplain, so he can marry. They had been recruited by a House, but left it after discovering something they didn't agree with. It wasn't against any law, but the lack of loyalty to the House marked them as outcasts. The mark of an outcast would fade back to gray over time. The bond between the individual and the House Lord or Lady would maintain the full color, but by refusing to continue to be loyal, without being recruited by another house, the color of the individual Mind Magi's mark would fade and become gray.