"Marcus sniffed, but I wasn't sure if it was at the deserved fate of a thief or at the intelligence it needed for a Governor to do such a thing. Perso...ally, I approved of that sort of firmness towards criminals. Augustus had shown quite a bit of that in Rome during his time as Princeps, and Tiberius was following closely in his footsteps. The City was the better for it.The inn I chose was shadowed by the buildings surrounding it, providing a welcome relief in the heat of the day. Marcus didn't. “I’m here with you because I’m not dealing with that tonight.”“Then what about Talsy and Sherry’s place?” Lidie suggested.“Where do you live Philia?”“Oh, we don’t want to go there.”“Why not?”“Um, well,” she scratched her hair. “I don’t think my husband will like it.”“Shit.” I frowned. I looked to Lidie.“Sure, but it’s a forty minute cab ride.” She said and shrugged. “I only talked Keith into eating at Maggie’s because I figured I’d hook up with Adelaide and go to your place.”“I’ve got my. Now your wife tells me it might be as long as a year before this gets resolved. What am I supposed to do? Can you address that for me?"The only thing that kept me from losing my temper was a little hand tugging on my leg."I want pancakes, Daddy," my daughter said.The older Lauren swooped over and picked up my little Princess and carried her to the kitchen."How about I make you some pancakes this morning, small fry," she said. "I like mine with jelly on them. How do you like yours?"As the two. My job, in particular, was to set up a bedroom for my mother, assembling the bed and all, with a bit of help from Sera. We thought she’d be pleased with it.Jen, of course, was preparing some kind of feast to celebrate her arrival, with Jane as a helper. The two of them seemed to be getting along quite well. Jane was very, very deferential to Jen, now, and Jen even let Jane milk her, with all that entailed, but only when Judy wasn’t there to do it. Of course, there was less milk for household.