While I took Mikah out for our lunch hike, Janet went looking for a gym with a boxing ring. She managed to find one in The Street Retreat. It was a co...munity center sponsored by the salvation army. She and the director had a talk. He offered to allow her to train in the facility, as long as she didn’t spar with any of the kids under 18. He also made sure they had a physical before any sparing to last, more than three rounds.“I don’t need any kids to die in a match with a staff member,” Mr Ace. Questions were asked and answers were given. Her mother knew she was hiding something but nothing was being revealed by Angel’s responses.She leant down to kiss the youngest but wasn’t prepared for the questioning nature of where she was going and why they couldn’t go with her.“Mummy just has to go out for a while – that’s all,” she would say. “Now you be good for grandma and do everything she tells you to.” She winked at them, waved and quickly exited the door.Angel took the stairs instead of. Kaia had been chatting with another sorority sister, a raven-haired, elegant girl I vaguely remembered from the previous night. I stepped up immediately and said hello to Kaia, exchanged a few pleasantries, then turned to her companion.Kaia introduced me to Leanne, who stood up and shook my hand softly. I took in as much of her as I could with a quick glance down and up. Leanne's face was pretty and angular, with a sharp jawline and cool blue eyes that pierced right through me. If I hadn't. Under awnings, vintners readied their wines. Brewers cooled their beer with ice brought from the Nubian mountains and everywhere people milled about as they chatted and drank from gold, lotus shaped wine cups.Under a large, ornate awning, sat Neha's aunt, Queen Hepshetsup flanked by two Nubian slaves with large Ostrich feather fans. On her head, the Queen wore the tall white crown, The Hedjet, of Upper Egypt. Her pleated skirt and bodice were nearly the same as those worn by Neha, but included.