“What question?”“Whether you’d be sitting at your Mom’s, crying about the horrible mistake you’ve made.”“Hmmphhhh! Mom told me that I�...�d better recognize which side my bread’s buttered on.”“She did?”“Yeah, two years ago she told me that if we could stand each other, we’d be stupid NOT to get married, and if I did something to screw it up, she was disowning me.” She tossed her arms around me as soon as I got in the door. “And sooooo, to protect my huge inheritance, I have resigned myself to the. I nod, glancing at her body for a moment. In that instance I noticed a bulge in her appearance, that only a man can have."Oh? Have you never heard of me? I am Faena, the banished Goddess of Power and Desire." Her hands slowly moving down her hips and past her crotch.My thoughts begin to race. The history books never mention the part of Desire! Only that she was an old deity that fell when the other Gods banished her for craving power."Well, now that the amulet has chosen you, you will become. But, this way, you kin still git paid while you're recoverin' from that damned smoke. Zack Wilson will be doin' the same thin' for the day shift when he gits back in a couple more days." Much obliged, Marshal. I'm still not back to my full strength an' I appreciate the chance to build up slow-like to a full schedule. Show me the papers you're talking 'bout and I'll git to 'em."Two days later, Eddy picked up Zack Wilson at the "hospital" and delivered him to his home. "Zack, when you're ready to. .. maybe ... I am," she said, her voice quavering a little. "At least until she gets married and starts her own family."Bob just stared at her, dumbstruck.There was more, but that was the bread and butter of the conversation that led to them making the decision to wed each other, and the two families together.Assuming the children would agree.But that was a lot more information than either of them was willing to share with the kids. Not just yet, anyway. Maybe the time would come when some bit.