She talked about her family and what she had been doing all summer. When she mentioned that she was spending the afternoons lying in the sun, my mind ...egan to picture that scene. “So, you laying out topless these days?” I teased her. “No, I am not tanning topless,” she replied with a laugh. She didn’t say anything else for a minute, then staring straight ahead at the road, she softly said, “The only time I’ve ever done that was with you.” Her parents had gone out of town. Her oldest sister. “It concerns my reason for being late. I have just returned from a reading.”“A reading?”“The Tarot. I find it an infallible guide. I have been using it to chart my chance of conceiving an heir. And I have had good news. It seems I am carrying a daughter. The Ace of Cups declares it.”Adelaide was sceptical of such arts but said nothing to discourage Alicia. “You must be so pleased. From your past confinements, I had thought Harold was not capable of it.”“That is a point of view I share. To solve. I, sitting in the chair across from Tanya and the other two, was enjoying the show that I was seeing. Tanya was in the perfect position to be seduced by the two young men. You could tell, however, that they were treading lightly with the massage. Im sure they didnt know about my plan, and they would even look at the TV from time to time when something funny happened. I made sure to give them a little clue that I was into this. The next time they made eye contact with me, I made sure to smile. Thera proper consists largely of lava and pumice, the latter of which is the island's main export. Red-wine grapes are also grown. The lagoon is rimmed by red-, white-, and black-striped volcanic cliffs rising to almost 1,000 feet (300 m). The summit of Thera is the 1,857-foot (566-metre) limestone Mount Profítis Ilías in the southeast. The chief town, Thíra (locally called Firá), was badly damaged by an earthquake in 1956. Other settlements include Emboríon and Pírgos to the south and the port.