." Two fifty gravs, aye Sir" "Nita acknowledged and signalled Mary to dial it in." ... Nav, collapse the harbour holos." Screens' vid returned to posi...ions, Sir." Dorothy at navcom acknowledged as Bet worked the menus on the nav screen."Miss Ember, compliments to the guard ship" Clare instructed."Compliments ... acknowledged, Ma'am." Very good." Departures, this is "Sundowner" passing Golf Three." "Sundowner", you are cleared for translation through gate seven. Be at fifty gravs as you enter. We sat to eat. The table conversation between Penny and Simone startedcompletely innocuously, mostly a recap of the day at the salon anddiscussion of a few of the clients. I just sat there, not eating ordrinking, figuring they were bound to notice me eventually.Finally, I'd had enough."So, how did you two meet?" I asked, perhaps a bit more loudly thannecessary, but in a way to let them know I was tired of being the onlyone in the dark."Why, Angel, I thought you'd never ask," Simone replied. I. One of Vanessa's questions was how much sex Carol had just had, and Ava's involvement in it.I answered truthfully, describing Ava's complete lack of concern about sibling incest, and a summary of what had happened in the hot tub and Julia's room, including that I hadn't touched Carol sexually. I didn't mention that I'd used NP. They're invisible, so easy not to count."You trust Ava that much?" Yes. I'm very sure she's fine. She was telling the truth about not caring about Carol and me being. Since we have nochildren, and you adopted us as Grandparents, I want you to have it."It was a very delicate ivory cross set in filigreed gold. It was aboutthe size of a half dollar and hung from a gold chain. It was the bestpresent I ever got."Mom! Mom! Look at what Grandma gave me!" I rushed over and held thependant in my hand."Marilyn knew value when she saw it, but she also knew that it came fromthe heart. When she had invited them, Naomi had told her a bit aboutthemselves."We had two.