" Was her response, "You don't mind, I hope?"I didn't mind and made that perfectly clear. I figured Joe could fend for himself at this point. Not that...I really cared. My mind was racing in other directions.We arrived at the hotel minutes later. I paid the fare and we walked inside. Once we got up to the room Cheryl seemed more relaxed. She had a comfortable look on her face that only heightened her appeal. My thoughts were racing out of control."Have a seat." She told me.I did as she said.. I feel a bit like a kid being dropped off for a playdate as she drives me over to Ethan’s. I remind myself firmly about the fact that last time was No Big Deal. Still, I feel a little sense of trepidation as we walk up the stairs to his apartment. Ethan opens the door and lets us in while Liza greets us with a big smile. The mood is completely relaxed and neutral. Normal.See? Absolutely No Big Deal. Yes, he gave me a look. Nothing wrong with that. Everything is completely fine.The. Men clad in scarlet tunics stepped from the forest leveling proton rifles at the trio."Your weapons are useless and you are my prisoners. What a delicious moment." Sith growled and attempted to fire his machine pistol, but was instantly paralyzed and it dropped from his paws. Rae and Jan were likewise rendered immobile and dropped their weapons.Indifferent to the glares of his prisoners, Nixx walked slowly around them saying "Now the question is what to do with you? You robbed me of my destiny. That's a long way to go to beignored, or stoned to death, or even to deliver amessage from the Lord ... So, I skipped town...I figured that in a larger place with more people God would have a harder time finding me, and maybe He'd find somebody else to be his errand boy in the meanwhile. So, I went down to Joppa on the coast and I booked passage on a ship going to Tarshish, as far away, in the opposite direction from Nineveh, as I could get. Tarshish, now there's a city a guy could really get.