“To be blunt, yes, we are,” I answered, “Amenthia and I had gotten together before the battle with Trethraz, so when Entivala joined our group, ...here was no intention of anything else. Enti and Amenthia have been friends for some time, so they reconnected, but Enti told her of her people’s beliefs and showed her the Troth’ish’tal she carried with her. It had my face and name on it, and they came to an understanding, which they shared with me the following day. I was handed the Troth’ish’tal the. It seemed that my routine was set for the next seven weeks. Get up, go to studio, come back, spend a pretty lonely evening, exchange texts and emails with Cal at various times, and go to bed. However, Friday was a break from the routine. The studio needed to break down a couple of sets that we’d finished with and build two new ones, and so we were given a long weekend. My next call was on Monday morning.So, there I was, seven thousand miles from home, alone with two out of the next three days. That fateful Friday, they had missed me at the college by about an hour, but a helpful clerk told them about my stopping at the pub for supper on Fridays, and had given them directions on how to get there. I still wasn’t aware that I was a father, and was blissfully unaware that the two had only begun to confirm that I was their father. The next morning, I received a phone call from Jessica. ‘Mr. Ames. I’m really sorry to disturb you. My name, as I said yesterday, is Jessica, Jessica Ames. I’m. She snakes her other hand around my neck, and pulls me down for a soft kiss, before saying, "I do too."Shanna leads me over to a recliner, and for the first time I realize we are in a den, and not a bedroom. I sit down first, and Shanna plants herself in my lap, facing the two kissing couples. Robin's shirt is off now, and Brent is fussing with the bra strap in back.Shanna turns to look at me, smiles, and then grabs my hands and pulls them around her. She digs one of my hands under her shirt,.