."This time the poker hit Beall on his left ear and cheek bone and knocked him and the chair over as he ducked away. He felt the blood running down hi... face and smiled at Brookes. "Did you think she wouldn't tell me after you beat her up?" he said from the floor. Margaret's not going to like this blood on her braided rug, he thought."Shut up, shut up!" Brookes yelled in his face as he struggled to lift Beall and his chair upright again. One rope seemed to have slipped, the bleeding man. As long as you are honest to yourself and your partner. Talk about your feelings with them, I can’t see a problem.” Stefan let out a large breath. “Ness, sweetheart, you are a young lady now. I have been guilty of forgetting that. I hope that your mother and I have been good for you in all aspects of your time growing up. Soon you might feel the need to spread your wings and leave to go to college, or meet someone and start the next part of your life. Life is about discovery and education, this. These spacemen thought they were roughing it.The chime outside his door sounded and he called out for whomever to enter. Ceema walked into his large room and made a knowing face when she saw him naked on the bed."How does Shasa get you out of bed?" Ceema said."It's not easy!" Shasa's muffled voice came from the closed bathroom door.Benni didn't try to reply and, instead, pasted a goofy grin of childish delight on his face.Ceema walked over to the bed and sat down on the corner by Benni's feet,. She heard Helen call out this time and she stopped, but didn’t turn around. “Child, wait a minute I’m heading home too, we can walk together.” Helen hooked her arm around Cordelia’s arm and Micah fell in silently beside her. Helen rambled on and on about different things the whole way home and Cordelia had to laugh at her. She loved Helen and loved listening to her ramble after she’s had too much wine. She was even funnier to Cordelia tonight because she had too much wine too. “Well here you.