Mt. Hood and the Sisters look a lot more impressive than a range of mountains that were even higher.After Colorado, the ground flattened out. Lewis an... Clark called it the Great American Desert. We did some tourist things in Kansas City and St. Louis. The temperature and humidity were both too high, but when we got to our destination in southern Wisconsin that seemed to go away. We were real close to Lake Michigan—just a few minutes drive away—and I felt a knot ease inside me. Something inside. When I told her I'd be back early enough for dinner, if she wanted to share one, Samantha replied her friend would come over and they wanted to get Chinese or Thai takeout. I could join them of course. We confirmed the time, and when asked for my preference I voted for Thai. And so she asked her friend Jenny to get it on the way to her.Jenny came on time. She had the takeout food with her. I went out beforehand to get wine, got a shower, and dressed a bit better than my usual shorts and. I can't describe it, but there were undertones in the way she said that, which made me think what she was really saying was, "We want to have sex, but we can't because we're not supposed to do that."And, of course, my fantasy was that they wanted to have that sex with me.I shook that off and tried to pay attention to salvaging the situation."You're exactly right," I said. "You're not supposed to have sex. Not for a few more years. But playing around like we've been doing, or doing that with. This young and pretty lady is Publia his daughter. They came for a visit." I turned to the two Romans and said, "This is Sabine she is one of my prettiest daughters."Both had heard of how I had taken the slaves in. Mamercus and then Publia gave the child a proper greeting. I had to do the translating.Iulius got into the tub after trying to find a place he would be more welcome in. We had just finished settling when Elsa came over. She just smiled and removed her clothing and got in. She made it.