“Good, Crnnch is not the only Seeker,” Roxanne nodded. “How is your work coming along?” this to Athena.“Very well, the new handmaids have se...tled in well and the population is establishing a pattern I hope to make the norm. Pugard is now my equivalent of a mayor and fusses about making the village ‘aesthetically’ pleasant to look at and live in. Frunt is happy as my new high priest and the Orcs are happy to have him explain the ‘book of Athena’ in terms they can use in their daily lives,. She got a nod from Harper. “I sort of ran by Bob’s house.”“Sort of?”“As I said, I felt it was important for him to understand what you were trying to do ... and let him know how I felt about it. I know him, Harper, and he would never have agreed to pose that way if he didn’t understand it was ... um ... welcome.”“She convinced me it would be okay,” I said, helpfully, feeling it was important for me to stay in the conversation.“Convinced you?” said Harper. Her eyes widened. “How?”“That’s not. Callie tore the wrapper off the package and found a letter inside just as Beth had, from her Mother.“Callie, “Your Father and I are so happy for you even though you are leaving to make a new life far away from us, we both love you and Cathy so much and want you both to be happy.We wanted to help you young people buy more land in The Dakota’s so you will be sure to make money off your ranch up there.We have saved our money for years and we want you and Cathy to have some of it. Here is twenty. But he had a darksecret. All those years ago when Butch had taken him in his arms andwhispered in his ear Colin had grown rock hard. He found that hisgreatest turn on was the thought of gender reversal. He was intenselyattracted by beautiful women but it was more a form of envy rather thansexual desire.His sisters, albeit cruel to their baby brother, were both quite prettyand seemed to cruise through life getting their way. They were theapples of their father's eye and everything seemed so much.