.. I mean... that's what I've heard... that's what I meant" Ohhh John... of course there are ways... but don't you understand? Don't you see how much ... love you? I love you so much that I want to have your child, I want to bear the fruit of our love. You know I've always wanted many children, but Michael didn't have the time to stay with me... he died so soon. I have missed a man by my side for so long, someone to love and care for, someone to enjoy pleasures as well as sorrows, someone to. It hesitated, then slowly drifted towards the far wall of the pool. Raka was satisfied. “The water is till behaving as before, so it appears the inlet and outlet are both working properly.”“It seems so, Raka. Well observed.”“I have learned from you, John, of the principle of cause and effect. That water movement told me what I needed to know. What else do we need to look for?”“Nothing else that I can think of. This should be our excuse to return to the light. The others will want to know that. ”As they entered back into Vasily’s suite, Carie called out, “Vasily! Millie! Where are you guys?”They emerged from the kitchen.Millie said, “Vasily was fingering my pie.”“Excuse me?” Carie asked pointedly as she and Eric blinked back and forth between Vasily and Millie who stood side-by-side at the kitchen entry looking unfazed.“She said to feel her pie,” Vasily explained. “It is very warm and fluffy.”Carie tried to speak but all that came out was a squeak.Millie turned back into the kitchen. The moonlight lit my portion of the shore very well now, so we could clearly see one another. Again, I felt that she was familiar but couldn’t place it. In the light, with her hair soaking wet and her eyes glittering mischievously, she wasn’t even human. More like a goddess.“But now you’ve seen me. Maybe I’ll drag you down under the water to make sure you don’t tell anyone my secret?”“I’m pretty sure this is a dream… But I don’t really care either way. I don’t think I could move right now if I.