“I can’t say that the thought didn’t cross my mind, Jim; I’m sure Donny would have been game. However I figured Jazmine wouldn’t stand for i... and she’s got Phyllis at her back, remember! Besides, what would I have done with those bleeding kids.” I smiled back at him. “Besides it’s been over and done for bloody years now. I might dislike the bugger; even wish old sod would come to grief. But there ain’t no sense for doing time for something I’d all but forgotten about.”Quite literally I’d only. Most of the service was the old familiar. I loved Sigrid's changes."How come you two to this ceremony of marriage?" We come together, each of our own will and desire."No Foresakings, but after their own vows, they turned to the rest of us."We, Tom and Sigrid, take you, Anne, Alex, Mary, Saul and Will, to be our spiritual and physical spouses, from this day forward, for better, for worse, in sickness and in health, till death do us part."We returned the same vows. Al pronounced us all men and. “I'm good sweetheart, I was just chit chatting with Travis's mom,” Alicia replied.“OK then, can I talk to you for a minute?” Scott wondered.“Sure,” Alicia replied, as she got up.They both went into the living room to talk, and Travis sat down with me.“So, what's up with her?” Travis wondered.I just gave him an embarrassed look.“What?” Travis asked.“I told her about us,” I replied.He was quiet for a minute. I thought for a few seconds, that he was mad. “Not that I'm really mad, but why?” Travis. . I don’t know for sure,” she said, giving him a helpless shrug of apology. “This is much harder than trying to soothe somebody’s feelings of grief or shame.”“Helene’s using a lot more psychic energy than normal, but we’ve got plenty in our reserves to keep her going for at least a couple of hours,” Alyssa interjected.“Are you shielding all of us?” Tashana asked, her curiosity piqued.“The four of you don’t need my help,” Helene replied, her glance encompassing John, Alyssa, Jade and the Maliri.