The woman opened her eyes halfway."Honey, I'm home." The tall woman rolled over close to her. Irene Bliss lay her head on the shoulder of her wife of ...ight years. She murmured something then fell back asleep. Soon Hannah's eyelids drooped shut and they napped together.A few hours later two men entered through a doorway, along with two toddlers. The taller man had a thin build, with a long face and short brown hair. The shorter was of Japanese origin, with a stocky build, thick arms and legs,. She said, "Jermaine, I will never be ready to kiss you. Ithought we were just starting a friendship. I did not think you feltthat way about me. It would be for the best if we do not see each otheragain."The situation was just not adding up to Jermaine. He knew that the ladywho he wanted as his one and only felt the same about him. He knew thetime they spent together was not as people who wanted to be onlyfriends. It was time as people who wanted to spend the rest of theirlife with the other.As. PerhapsSkyla would like to tell us how it came about." I turned to Timothy tosee if he would like to use this as an opportunity to break the ice. Isaw fear in his eyes. He licked his lips. They moved, but no sound cameout."It was something about being born in the sky over Los Angeles, wasn'tit, Skyla? Your mother giving birth on an airplane?" Hannah intervened.She looked at him and then into the eyes of all the women gatheredaround on his behalf. He nodded. She turned to some of the daughters. ”“Thanks Darren, Frank said you were a good man.” At this Darren smiled then coloured up a bit.“Feel better big sis?” Jenny asked as Chrissie came back to us. At Darren’s side she held his hand and looked up to him as she sought his lips for a kiss. “Yes thanks, I didn’t know these were here, I never noticed them when we left this morning.“That’s because we were following Blackwater, they don’t like hills, preferring to walk round rather than over. Let’s get back to the van, get the kettle on.