“I’ll set up the video now, while you bring in the coffee and cookies,” I said in an assertive, stern tone, intentionally adding more burden to ...er duties.“Oh, I’ll, erm, yes, OK.” I thrust my head forwards with, “I didn’t hear you,” as I again up-wiggled my fingers, obliging her to offer correction. Then with much more conviction in a definite dutiful tone she uttered those symbolic words, “Yes Miss.” She’d put both her feet on my slippery slope, and I grinned as she started to. "Hey good looking" someone said, and she turned around, incredibly embarrassed, seeing some guy in his late teens or early twenties. Where just an hour before, she would have thought of him as a kid, now he looked a little mature. She gasped, feeling her body responding to his presence. Before she realized it, she was in a tight embrace with him, with him struggling with his pants. "What am I doing?" She asked herself shocked, but not really caring too much, wanting more of that pleasure. She'd. You're so like him. So like Charlie, your grandfather. How could I turn you down?" Astrid asked in tears. I moved over and held her then for a long time. Eventually we were interrupted by Sandra coming down for breakfast."So, is everything OK?" Sandra asked."Yes," Astrid answered. "Your wonderful brother has asked me to marry him, and I have accepted." Oh, God!" Sandra said suddenly in realization, "You'll be my sister-in-law as well as my grandmother." Both of them giggled at that. I didn't. "Butthere's only one way to find out, and that's to move forward. Bring theguests in!"Corona signaled a nearby Prime Guardian. She spoke into her comsig and threeother cardinal entrances to the arboretum opened. Guests were filing inbefore long. The High Princess scanned the growing crowd, recognizing some ofthe faces. A number of Gaia's most powerful and influential women werepresent for the crystal's unveiling. The arboretum's open spaces were soonbrimming with women, and Artemis knew it was.