In the end only Elpis (Hope) was left in the box. The Twins find it both ironic and funny that hope is a empty box, ha, ha.My tale, well our tale, beg...ns with a beautiful woman delivered into my hands by the goddesses of fate. In Norse mythology the three goddesses of fate and destiny are Urd, goddess of the past, Verdandi, goddess of the present, and Skuld, goddess of the future. They determined that our paths cross and fixed our destiny at birth. Of course the Twins say the goddess of chance. I loved him enough to let him go, if that’s what he wanted. I threw the pills into my mouth and washed them down with a gulp of tap water. Clothes in the dryer, coffee pot started, bacon frying, and I thought I heard him moving around in the bedroom. Rats! I had meant to go watch him sleep some more. I heard the toilet flush, and I began grating some cheese. Oh, please! Please let him stay for breakfast, I prayed. I was taking the bacon out of the pan and setting it on paper towels to drain. ” “Well, we can't go back. We were thrown out of the last town 'cause some of the wives thought we were whores.” she lamented. “And you're not?” I snickered. She drew herself up to her full height and glared at me. “Listen buster, I'll admit we're not as pure as the driven snow, but we're not pay for play girls either. We're damn fine actresses and we've accumulated quite a bit of money by being them. We brought enough to get to where we're going and left the rest with that son of a bitch. Then we can snuggle for awhile."Amy looked at me with wide eyes. Then she hugged me tightly."I love you, Daddy. Mom must be crazy. She better get this figured out soon, or I am going to talk to her!" Remember what I said. Don't hassle her," I warned her. She helped Megan up, stuck out her tongue at me, and they went off to the bathroom. I decided to join them, and between the two of us, we made sure Megan was clean. She just held on to us weakly, eyes closed. She shrieked when I couldn't stand.