And lastly, there was Emerald, the bard, whosemother had slept with a celestial being from a higher plane, giving herdaughter a beautiful singing voic..., and a powerful glowing halo oflight around her head.Once "the Trio" had secured a few extra supplies, to be carried byEmerald's mule, Champ, they left the town, and headed in the directionof a river with an island in the middle that was rumored to be thehiding place of the bandits.At first, they followed a road that went from the little town. I leaned over and kissed Vicky and it was a pretty good kiss and I guess we held it a little too long, and Logan asked if she should go in, and I asked her “ why do you think you need to go in baby” she said “ well I don’t want to interrupt you two again” I told her that she was welcome to stay with us for as long or as short a time as she wanted and that she would never be excluded in anything that we do, and that if she wanted to be with us she could be but sometimes if a door is closed she. And we nearly missed the flight," she protested."No passports, no customs, no set departure time. This is a Royal Flight, in a Royal aircraft," he gestured round the salon, "Do you see any serried ranks of economy class passengers?" Oh," she said in a small voice, "So the flight was waiting for us to arrive?"He nodded."What?" she screamed as something caught her eye.It wasn't the tray of two frosted champagne glasses and an ice bucket with the bottle in it which surprised her. It was the fact. "These two ladies have become more than employees as far as I'm concerned," stated Steve flatly as he looked directly at Paula. "They came through for me when I needed it. Does anyone object to them attending this meeting and any future ones?"Everyone was quick to assure Steve that the Sybil and Janice were always welcome, but Steve remained still with his arms around the two women as he looked directly at Paula."Whatever you want, Steve. You know that no one will go against you," replied Paula.