Explosion.It didn't hurt the demon, but it DID force aside the shadows it cloakeditself in. With a frightened shriek, the Faust's true insectoid form ...asrevealed. It spread its multiple legs and prepared to scurry away, butDante was not going to let this chance go. Ignoring his clumsy footwearand flapping his wings once more, Dante leapt forward and plunged theblade right between its eye sockets. A screech filled the catacombs asthe Faust writhed in its last moments before finally dissolving. Getting people to come to this one was easy: they wanted to see Jacob, just nine days old.All three of our kids' birthdays fell in less than a three-week span. Given that we are homo sapiens, I discounted an annual cycle and chalked it up to chance. It was attended by relatives, neighbors and friends.Alexander and Melinda each had their own parties with their own friends. He was five and had an idea who his friends were, but we still assisted three-year-old Melinda with picking hers.They each. I played along ?You sure you don?t mind if I leave? Aimee replied somewhat unconvincingly ?Well I wish you would stay, but I don?t mind since the noise is a bit loud!? I smiled and said, ?I?ll catch a cab.? Aimee kissed me and said she wasn?t sure how late Wendy and her boyfriend planned to be out.? I said, that?s find we?ve got nothing going on tomorrow anyhow, just make sure to ride back with them and not in a cab alone so late. I could feel Aimee watching me as I left.As I exited, I told the. ‘I finally worked up courage to raise the issue about having children again. What triggered it was some special on the news about how some underprivileged children had celebrated the holidays. I really want children. I asked Brian when he would ever be ready to have children. I’m getting old, almost too old to have kids. As it is, I might be in my late fifties when they’re teenagers. // Brian looked shocked. He told me that I was nuts – totally crazy. He told me he’d always wanted children and.