"No, I sure haven't... You mean that's the guyyou're making wait to see you until after your next client?"Nat shrugged. "I think so. Stefan Swartebr...ekx is his name." Shegot up and went to the bookshelf. Her Scholastic Book Club editionsof those novels from a parallel world each had a foreword bySwartebroekx, who had brought them here from a world where Mark Twainhad written them in the early 1880s instead of _Huckleberry Finn_. Henoted in his foreword that he didn't think they would go. Delia, Dalia, Sarah Beth, and Maddy made a good breakfast for all of us while the men hitched the oxen and mules.I spent my time feeding and changing Becky. Maddy had said I should buy a dozen diapers for Becky before she was born. I had been thinking about the trip, so I bought two dozen. I was really glad I had. That girl can pee more than any baby I've ever seen.Every night we'd wash out the day's diapers and hang them around the outside the covered wagon Delia and I were sleeping in to dry.. " But you had a boner the whole time." Have you ever seen Alix naked? Of course, I had an erection." And I bet whatever you did for the next twenty four hours was really special." That had more to do with Dani than any mind game." What makes you so sure? Between Alix and Tabby it's all been mind games. I mean stepsister my fat ass." So Dom, do you like any of the ladies I've met?" Yeah, I do." So?" Well, it's way more fun to make you squirm wondering who it is than telling you." Okay, if I. .. You know." Believe me, Eric," I thought to him. "I _know_"It was a day of mixed feelings for me. All day long, people I hadn't seen for four or even nine months would stop me in the hall and say hi, what's up, and the like. While I didn't get any more kisses like Sheryl had given me, I did get a lot of hugs and friendly pats on the back.All of the ex-slaves still wore their rings, even though the crystals had all turned black. Suzi had told them all to free themselves the day after Joey and.