"What the hell do you think you are doing," she demanded as she stormedover to me and slapped me around the face."Sorry dear, you just got me so hot I...could stop myself" I meeklyanswered"And you couldn't wait, that's disgusting," she spat, god I felt like anaughty school boy and just sat there apologising."I don't ever want to catch you doing this again" You have some making up to do tonight," she turned on her heels andleftI sat there for a bit feeling ashamed of myself and then heard her. His old firm were unwittingly most helpful." While saying this Neil had been surveying the gathering. "Anyway I'll leave you to greet your other guests," he said and marched purposefully off. Richard watched him make a beeline for Sharon.Geoffrey and his wife, Gabriela, were among the next arrivals. Gabriela was stunning, tall and blonde with huge blue eyes and a graceful figure. Richard guessed she was Scandinavian but she turned out to be a Slovak. "I can see why you said Deborah would be. "Yes Cameron," the girls said together, and bowed their heads even lower."I'm sorry," he said softening his tone. "That came out harsher than I intended. Please, will you forgive me? This is new to me too, you know?" It's ok Cam." Jenifer answered for all three, "Of course we forgive you."He nodded gratefully, and then continued, "You don't have to bow your heads to me, and when we are in council, like we are now, anything I say is open to debate. I don't want mindless slaves. I want to hear. To use the Eternal Flame's words, 'things have gone VERY WRONG, and it will require a MAJOR infusion of Talent to correct the situation'," Grandfather told them."I am therefore proposing that we all meet in the Grove at 9:00 in the morning to transfer to the Other Reality," he continued."Do we have any idea of what the problem is?" my Dad asked."I don't, but perhaps Mike and Pat may know something," Grandfather answered before turning to us. "Mike, Pat, can you provide any additional.