"Maiar wouldn't wantyou to act out of revenge." It's not revenge. It's for the well being of every person on thiswhole forsaken continent that Sorissa...s reign ends. You know that aswell as I do." What I know is that you're the only family I have left. What I know isthat family is important. What I know is that you shouldn't have totake the lead in killing your own mother - whether or not you see heras your mom." ...I tried running away, Talith. I tried telling myself it didn't needto be me.. I let the tide pull me as I searched it and drifted down river. I swam hard when I saw the wide and sudden change in the channel. I surfaced and took another deep breath before I dove again. I swam against the current as I went to the bottom. I reached out to move some of the dirt and silt and my hand brushed something hard.I shifted a little and brushed more silt and bumped into it. When I pulled it up I swam for the surface and over to the boat. I hung on the side and looked at what I had. " Wow," was all Hubby could think to say."Megan has really grown up quite a bit, Alan. Believe me, I wasn't thrilled about the video at first. But the more she explained it to me, and the more we talked in general, the more I could see that she's a lot more together than she was when she lost it over seeing me on Jason's lap and all that." Did you talk to her about that?" he asked."Yes, we did talk about it," I said."Did you ... what did..." I pretty much told her everything, Alan. We were. When I'm around women and I can see their bare feet, even just toes in an open-toe shoe, or if she dangles a shoe off her foot, or especially if she's barefoot, I have to look, and I get aroused. What gets me really excited is the thought that somehow she would know this about me and deliberately tease me with her bare feet. That's how Rachel and I met, acrtually. She somehow knew that about me and used it to capture me." I smiled at her and she nodded."Not just looking," I said, "but imagining.