She noted with glee a few drops of sweat and a few shakes of fear. Usually it was only Ariela herself who could command such fear, but it would take m...re than a couple of weeks to forget just what Avery had put them each through.She approached the Throne and, uniquely, did not bow or kneel as was customary. It was an acknowledged sign of respect from Ariela that this was not required, though she still had to maintain other formalities.“My Queen,” Avery said, voice conveying her respect as she. He could hear his wife upstairs getting their children to bed, his son squalling as usual about wanting to stay up later.Johnny was now three, very active and, as his grandmother put it, quite full of himself. He insisted on playing with the older boys every chance he got and constantly came home with scraped knees and elbows as well as torn clothes and an occasional shiner from their rough and tumble games of make-believe train robberies or Indians raids on the brave, but usually outnumbered,. Well didn't I have a good time in bed thatnight, thinking about mum and this other girl and replacing the girl withme. I was about ninety percent convinced by now and was eager to see howthings progressed.I woke the next morning to the sound of mum in the shower and couldn't waitto see what mum's first move would be. I heard the shower being turned offand remaining in my nighty, I went and stood at the door to the bathroom.Putting my ear to the door, I heard mum finishing and gently knocked. "I went willingly as I wanted to escape the sounds of Ed and Janice. The sounds aroused me and I didn't want to push Shirley or myself. We actually did look over my truck. Shirley suggested that another trip to Atlanta would be a good idea if only to raid the ham store there. She said that we could pick and chose from new radios to fit as best as possible and get the right antennas along with anything else not nailed down.We walked around holding hands until Ed came out. Ed asked what we were.