The massage lasted another five minutes because Lauren knew she couldn't restrain herself much longer. They sat and talked for a bit wrapped in their ...owels. When the timer rang at thirty minutes, they both left the heat. Lauren locked up the gym before they headed in to shower and make dinner.Dinner consisted of stuffed pork chops, sweet potatoes and collard greens complimented with another white wine Lauren was testing. Renee had never eaten collard greens and despite being apprehensive found. We have an electronic alarm indicated either smoke, or fire in your suite. Can you please open the door so we can investigate the problem?"Winnie grabbed the house phone and dialed the front desk for confirmation, but they knew nothing about an alarm in our room, and promised to send house security immediately.We were pretty much stuck. The door was going to hold back anything but a full assault, and until the hotel dicks arrived, we were on the safe side of it. Our 'guests' felt differently. Some sought to forbid it outright. But that would take an action of the Council and they moved slowly, even by Celesti standards. They'd started arguing a procedural issue around time one of the Fleshmakers thought the primordial soup on this particular planet would be greatly improved with a bit of lightning and they were still weighing the pros and cons.In the interim, Jazmura had studied a billion souls and walked the flesh dozens of times. Each time, it was a new thrill - to feel gravity. It is her mother after all. Anyway, who were you thinking of?" Eh, I, well, actually, I have asked Layla if she and the kids would like to come over and..." He trailed off. "Perhaps you would like to adjust your Christmas gift list?"This sounded interesting. "Well, I already have a gift for Denise, but I'll happily get something for Bobby and Layla too." Good," Dad said. "Good. Do that."Dad went to work and I headed off to pick up Fran on the way to school. Denise was hanging around at the car.