Bob went to the table and made the "time out" motion in front of Nadia's eyes. Thanks to her exposure to the cheerleaders and sports at school, she re...ognized it, said something into the phone, and then went silent, looking at Bob with question in her eyes."Ask her if she'd like to visit America. I'd be happy to buy her a ticket." What?" Molly's voice was shocked."We have savings," he said. "What are we saving that money for? Something important, right? I think this qualifies as something. Queen?The word came unbidden. Queen. Not God, King, or Lord.I look at my luminous form in a crystal pool. Perfection. Aperfect fey maiden. Perhaps dryad, perhaps elf. Even in mydream place, I am woman. I move down the path, through thewood, to the flower glade. She awaits there, my spiritguide. She only smiles at my approach. As it always is, shedoes not speak. It is not language we communicate in. It isknowing. I know she has no wisdom to impart. I know I mustcatch the dream lord. He is clever. My heart jumped in my chest. She turned towards me and her breasts pressed against mine softly as her plump lips touched mine, the warm water still cascading off of our bodies. One of her delicate hands climbed my back while the other one guided my own hand between her thighs. I felt her tight labia, dripping with warm water. Soon I felt her fingers exploring my hot cunt as we fingered each other quietly in the shower. Her tongue pressed into my mouth and I pulled her into me harder as I. ”They made good time the rest of the day and camped east of the river, near the short bend of the river. They didn’t build a fire and they didn’t talk. The three young men slept, but it was a fitful sleep, knowing what the morning would bring.They were all awake before daylight, their horses saddled. They wanted to be at the sod hut early, to try and catch the men still asleep.When sunup came, they were sitting at the front door of the stinking sod hut. Moses had cut all their trip lines around.