.”She nodded. “Yep, straight to Hell. That’s The Deal, capital T, capital D, signed with your soul.”I ran out of the room.“What’s up with ...y bro Tom?” Eros asked, grinning.Monday knocked on Kate’s bedroom door. “So, um...”Kate was still wearing Tom’s shirt and the brown Velma skirt. The glasses were long gone. She turned from putting Kate into her crib. “Monday! How are you doing? You sort of lost your dog and your girlfriend again...” she frowned, “ ... also sort of, on the same day.”“Er,. ..”“You KNEW?” she gasped.“Suspected. Didn’t matter. I was determined to stick with your mom. Loved ‘er. And you ... I thought – especially after the difficult pregnancy, that you were going to be my only kid. You are, you know...”“It gets stranger, baby,” I said.“Dad,” Deena said softly, “I am related to somebody in this house. Haley’s my half-sister.”“Now I wasn’t ... never suspected THAT.”“No reason to,” I said. “Mom lived with a guy ... You know the story. He wasn’t ready for that ‘daddy’. It was time to move. “Let’s wake the others and get moving,” he said as he sheathed Oroth at his hip. He was half-concerned about the leather scabbard catching fire, but for all appearances, the blade appeared back to normal.Sara and Lynelle quickly woke Sorla, Liddea, Sylvia and Erik, and soon the party was on the move once again, climbing into the foothills of the Karvani Mountains where Amina awaited.Maloth sat alone in his tent, staring at his hands. Large, crimson and strong they were,. Her mother passed away so all she had was him. He was a loving man who cared deeply for Kathi and he knew he’d do anything to make her feel better. “Come here honey,” he said as he put his arms around her and she felt better seeing as he swept his young 18 year old thick and curvy bodied sweetheart up into his arms. “Now…come and stay at the hotel with me tonight. It’ll be all better in the morning…okay?” Of course, Kathi said yes, and he had his arms around her and the two headed away in his.