"I better go to charm school or something. My man keeps going to sleep on me." She walked out and talked to Sam until everyone else came back. Cole ha... purchased a large laptop and was buried nose deep in a new something he had found.A couple of hours later, Wendy was helped in by one of the bodyguards. "Where's Cole?" she asked. She was ecstatic and exhausted. Sam pointed toward one of the bedrooms.Claire had her arms full of shopping bags, while the guards carried more. "This is a wonderful. I carried on: ‘Keep fit classes, Pilates, yoga, whatever. Most of the time it’s just an excuse for women to gather and natter.’ My phone vibrated in my trouser pocket. I fished it out, looked at the screen and said: ‘There you go, she must have heard me. It’s a text from Veronica.’ Mick took a swig of his beer as I read the message: ‘Guess you’re eating at the club. I’m out with Helen. Be home about 9 xx’ I tapped a reply: ‘OK, enjoy, c u later xx’ and put the phone on the table, next to my. The story was convincing and although the judge was still somewhat taken aback by the twenty-six year difference in their ages, he (quite correctly) sensed their sincerity when each professed his/her love for the other. In the end, with expressed reservations and weighing the boy's mother's approval (little did he know) he granted the application.A few days later they were married in a simple civil ceremony with the exchange of rings. The two, as they had in their first marriage, simply wanted. .. well that, too."Jay: "Get off the radio, you clowns. I'll see you when you land."Krayshall sent me a transmission about five hours after the shuttle had landed. He and Shenthra (formerly our youngest at 10 years, but with the coming of the twins, now our middle offspring) had taken to keeping company with Jay almost continuously. Mercahn, our eldest – now about 17 years old – spent her time with Merhnah. She was being groomed for some higher post in the matriarchy, and was more comfortable.