Shaking his head he thought well at least that is more manageable. Ephus was about to get up when Maat appeared."Hello mortal. I have come for another...sharing. We all felt what you just sent, all of us thank you. I," here she waved her hand. "Need another time with you." Waving her arm again she was shocked when the man didn't move. Looking at her hand Maat was amazed when Ephus laid Maat down and began to kiss her all over her body."I know not what magic you are using but what you are doing is. "That is good, because I do want to go. Sometimes you are too easy on those we must battle. You kill them before they have time to suffer enough," she said, proving once again that a pissed off woman was much more deadly than a man."It's because I do not care if they suffer. Their suffering does not help us, or not very much anyway. I'd rather just be rid of the problem, and when they are dead we are rid of them and they can't bother us anymore." That is true. When will we leave?" It will be a. If you are, it's OK." Easy for you to say, you didn't just miscarry." You're scared." Damn right I'm scared! We just got back together, we've been living together all of two months, and I just had a miscarriage." Well, it'll be OK, but we need to find out for sure."Four days later, Jess was two days late. They went to the pharmacy and got an early-detection home pregnancy test. They came back to their apartment and Jess took it.She walked out of the bathroom. "Positive," she said simply.Ryan. God knows he should be used to the heat by now. He had come here to pick up a few things for his daughter’s birthday. As he traveled past the stores his mind casually picked out items of interest, things he thought he might want to get later when he stopped in his tracks. He stared through a window at a woman standing inside at the counter. The long dark hair, the dazzling smile. It couldn’t be her, not after all these years. He drifted closer to the door of the shop, all the while keeping her.