I pretty well had the entire house to myself that week. After waking at 10 am on Tuesday morning, I hopped in the shower to clean up. Just as I was st...pping out of the shower I heard the doorbell ring downstairs. Throwing a bath towel around my waist I ran down the stairs fearing that the person might have been ringing while I was still in the shower. Opening the door I saw this burly guy in full blue coveralls, with work boots and heavy utility gloves."I'm from Bell telephone. I'm here to put. The people who are arranging the tour are trying to get more bookings so it could be even longer." This was the depressed Antonia and then in the next breath I got the excited version. "We will be performing in New York, Boston, Seattle and then Los Angeles and Houston, we shall be seeing pretty well all of the States." Her enthusiasm was infectious although I was certain that this whistle-stop tour would not show her half of what the States had to offer. Then her happiness dissolved. "I am. We parked off to the side. We removed some gold to the Defender. Locking the Perentie we took off for the nearest Assay office; Orange. A firm called Geochemists was the place we headed.Even though it was late, they were still open.Dumb me. I had to ask the obvious.“Still open?”“Yes.”Dumb question number two.“I need to bring in some gold. Okay?”The man behind the desk said, “It’s what we do.”“Right.”We started to unload.“Is that single source mineral?”“Yeah.”“Unless you want to sell it we can. During the sixty minute drive, her mind eagerly anticipated the reunion. She understood that Karl comprehended her true nature but had conspired to withhold it from her during their time together, instructing her instead to believe she was human. Despite that, her sexuality had blossomed in Elysia and it had taken its toll on their relationship. Karl had expected certain mores from her and she didn't feel they applied. She had the sense of right and wrong but few of the inconsistent, sometimes.