”I started to get up but my naked lady placed her hand on my shoulder and said , “Easy Father. ““I am not a child and... why do you keep calli...g me Father?”Lusan came closer and began her story:Another thing that wasn't discussed when we met is the gestation period of the female Griffin..Once the egg is fertilized the actual egg is laid within the month. Once it is incubated it hatches in two to three months.This is the normal time period. It is extremely rare for there to be two eggs and the. "Ember was shocked. "That's not the plan!" Our plans are not the same as the goddess's," said the priestess."Livia was only to be here about a month, to help get the church started. She was then to go back to our base church in Chicago, leaving my sister in charge. But I guess that is not to be."Bernard changed the subject. "Did the goddess speak to you, Henry."He nodded. "But I want to talk it over with Livia first." She spoke to me, too," said Melissa. Everyone turned to look at the child.. Thinking quickly, she formulated a plan to regain the upper hand. As she seeped her drink, she suddenly pretended to be choking, and she coughed and spilled champagne on the front of her shirt. Moving with the agility of a cat, he set down his drink and whipped outa handkerchief and began dabbing it over her mouth and then on her bust, drying the front of her shirt. "Are you alright ma'am?" he asked. Rather than answer, she just held his hand to her bosom, pressing it firmly against her firm. “Simon,” the tousled head says back, quietly. “Simon?” I ask, incredulous. Who is this lad, standing in my room? Watching my half-naked snivelling? “I'm Patrick's son,” says the head, running a nervous hand through his unruly, pale ginger hair. “He used to work with, um...” he trails off. It is as if he sensed what I was thinking. Or maybe my questioning glare gives it away. “My dad,” I manage to blurt out, before completely dissolving into great, heaving sobs. “Crap. I didn't mean to upset.