—————- What Paul told me (in his own words): My ten years in the service were an unmitigated disaster. My parents were killed while I was st...tioned overseas, I saw too much death, caused too much death, was lied too until I could not believe or trust anyone anymore. I even discovered my baby son was not mine and that my wife and high school sweetheart was a meth addict and whore. I had money, education and health but nothing was of interest to me. At forty, I bought some acreage five hundred. ‘Yes please Sir, if you don’t mind?’ Kimberley replied in her best attempt to keep John happy.Finding herself siting on the toilet in a modern, white tiled, bathroom with John leaning on the door frame looking down at her while she performed, like a two year old on the potty, was not what Kimberley had expected. John stroking her hair as she was actual urinating and telling her she was a ?good girl? and that she now needed to completely wash herself got her cringing with humiliation.At least. She wore a light cotton jumper that went to her knees; she didn’t have any shoes on but there was a pair of white thongs in her pockets.“Silly, I’m your muse!” she said flashing a smile that stretched from ear to ear.“I don’t paint.” Charles said putting his hand back to his head.“Fine, I’m really the power inside of you!” she said squatting down next to Charles. “Why are you a little girl though?” Charles asked lying back onto the cool stone floor. “I mean, shouldn’t you be like some sort of. Bred their mothers. I'd never be a father to them. I didn't even know if any had actually been born yet. I'd spent much more time on Chaos and Crossroads than I had on Earth.And now, on Earth, a goon squad was between me and finding Cadence to protect her. I would have to take Lisa back with me into their ambush. We could both be killed as we stepped out of the wardrobe into my bedroom.Not that we could get back to Earth. We couldn't return to Earth until we'd been to Chaos, rescued a damsel,.