They certainly shouldn’t have the power to force you to submit and become a priest or priestess.”“I agree,” Ardt sighed. He looked up at his a...opted son. “It won’t make a bit of difference if our complaining about it makes us late for supper.”Yren opened his mouth – and then threw back his head and laughed. “Elva certainly has you trained; it’s good to know you have your priorities in order.”“The world outside these doors is unfair,” Ardt smiled. “Having a good woman inside the doors makes it. All of his pictures in Marie’s gallery sold. He took Maggie with him so I don’t know how much actual work he is doing.’ The sisters giggled and re-filled their glasses. ‘We have another kid turning thirty next week. I don’t like that at all.’ Martha whined. ‘And another three weeks after that,’ Mo added. We are too young to have kids that are thirty.’ ‘Tell me about it,’ Amanda said with a rueful smile. The sisters prepared to splash her but decided she had a good reason to whine, her daughter. “I thought you have fallen asleep and will not come” she said in a hushed tone. Gautam looked at her and smiled. She was standing at the other end of the balcony and she had a black shawl wrapped on her, while the winds kept playing with her wild hairs.Gautam was awestruck looking at her like that. In that dim moonlit background she looked like an absolute seductress. For a moment he couldn’t find any words but slowly came back to his self. “Who would have fallen asleep keeping such a bomb. People would look at you funny if youcalled a hot girl like me Jon.”“Okay Allison,” I tried it out. “I guess I should thank you for takingrevenge for me,” I exclaimed.“What are friends for?” she replied. “It was the least I could do forprotecting me all of those years. You were always there for me you know.When they made fun of me for being handicapped, you defended me. Whenthey said I would never amount to anything, you defended me. You werealways my only friend and I was never able to thank.