Dad was good-looking too, as I reported to Popeye on my return, with the family's thanks for the fresh bread and an acceptance of the invitation to a ...each barbeque.I didn't get to attend the party. Mavis again confined me to the Dawn Trader by appointing me anchor watch. At the time I was very close to mutiny. From the deck I could see the beach and, while daylight lasted, the band of dark shade beneath the canopy of coconut palms that formed the backdrop to the celebrations. Through the. The Fates—”“Did nothing.” Laughing louder, Moros drifted around the display, and stared at the young Bellerophon. “Your power had not yet awakened here. Dormant. My sisters are a marvel indeed, and far more talented in reading the rivers than I. They knew this would become you.”“ ... they knew?”“Oh yes, Bellerophontes. You, Perseus, the others that have come before you, and the others in distant lands. You are all like this.” Moros grew the scene yet again, and again, until all that could be. I picked the northern route through the Dakotas and Montana to Seattle. I would head south from there. It looked more interesting than the flat plains of the Midwest.Two days later I got off the bus in Missoula Montana. It hardly had the feel of the old west. It's a college town with every big box store there is. The weather had warmed and I decided I wanted to see more of the state so I bought a ticket for the town of Great Falls some 160 miles north and east.I sat in a small café on the main. "Ricardo steeled himself then explained, "You were right, he was stillcheating on you. He was cheating on you with Sierra. When we weresupposed to be patching things up they were having an affair. He claimsthat Diego is his son, but we both know that he underwent a vasectomy andwas shooting blanks after Stephanie was conceived. As you can see it's alie no matter what. He looks nothing like Pablo, he looks like ourmother."Alice sighed and showed the pictures she had of their parents and ofPablo.