She'd accepted me instantly, just like Michelle had done. Perhaps some day, I'd see or hear about her. By then too I figured, the little residual nega...ive feelings I had about June, would be gone.I know now when she left it was true sadness she was expressing. Like I've already mentioned, I realize that must have been a difficult decision for her. Katie was quite confused but accepted the fact she was going to go live with her dad.I'd missed both of them as I rearranged my solo life. I didn't. ”“To us?” Mike asked. “What do you mean by that Slut?”“I think she wants to be owned by me and if I get that done then doesn’t she also then belong to you? She seemed very interested in our situation and seems to want to explore it thoroughly.”“I see, and you think you can turn her to submit to you and me? We will be heading home soon so what then?”“I hope we can talk her into coming home with us, so we can continue to enjoy her.” Jill looked at Mike and gave him puppy-dog eyes.Randi started. He came up and brushed his hair back out of his face and moved over and sat on the rock-lined shelf next to her.They both leaned back in the water up to their necks and luxuriated in its warmth and watched the steam rising from the surface of the small pool.Marcus told his mother that he often came to the baths just to relax, but more importantly, to simply warm up, as this country was always so damned cold.She replied, “I know, darling, I don’t think I’ve truly been warm for weeks, until. This is our LAST show. We need you there tonight. Not half there, not worrying about what John is doing. We need you on stage with us tonight. You weren't there last night, but you WILL be there tonight if I have to take that damn phone and smash it." What the..." Save the self-righteous act, Don. I may not be a permanent member of the band, but the show reflects on me too. And last night reflected badly on all of us. Last night we were the Barrier Riff that John predicted we would be. We were.