You are looking really pretty,? he said enthusiastically, ?downright sexy.? Ashley smiled. She seemed to have gotten out of the habit of talking. ?...it down,? he continued, ?I have some good news and some bad news.? ?Where is Althea?? asked Ashley. ?She is gone. She ran off with one of her dinner guests. I think they are in Switzerland. That's the good news. The bad news is that she had bankrupted us. The bank accounts are empty. The credit cards are maxed out. The bank. The other girl and two boys all looked a little more normal, but not by much. Harold was stunned and disgusted. "What are you looking at?" Demanded a girl with long black hair and too much makeup, glaring at Harold. "Get lost you old fart." Added the blue haired girl, "We don't want you falling over dead near us" Harold gasped in shock. "Didn't your parents teach you any manners?" he snapped back furiously, "And don't you have better things to do than loitering here while looking like clowns.. Stopping Aradelle’s hand with his own he pushed it over and up a little, “There she is,” he said then began pulling at Ikuno’s arm tugging at it and waving for her to give him her hand. Ikuno changed how she was holding Aradelle to free up a hand and let Kal guide it over top of the alarune’s. He looked up at Aradelle, “that’s our daughter” the words felt strange in his mouth, “our daughter,” he repeated. “Her daughter, that I’m the father of,” he said as if in a daze.Aradelle looked up at. "Leaning forward, he ran his fingers lightly over her face, then cradled it in his strong hands. She welcomed the gentle pressure as he drew her closer, stopping just inches from his towering erection."You may be many things in his eyes, but you've made this a refuge from such things, a refuge from all things proper and respectable. You've asked him to bring you here, and beyond that, to wait in the wings as I use his wife's body in ways that must test the limits of his imagination."He paused,.