I mean... I'd like to see him happy, too, but... he kind of has to make his own choices, doesn't he?" He will be. We're just... improving his selectio.... We're not forcing him into anything..." OK." You came." Marcus seemed genuinely surprised as he saw Tony, Elspeth and Briana claim their seats in the front row of the sparsely populated stand."Well, to be honest, we didn't know it was even on until we saw Tony on his way out this morning." Elspeth said, looking around. "Um... I know this is. I was awoken around three in the afternoon by more than the usual number of Romans in the area. The arena was used for an internment camp for those that had not run. There were nearly three hundred people there and some of them were women, children and slaves.The soldiers were demanding to know where I was. One that appeared in command seemed to be the most insistent. I do not know how he expected them to know. The officer had more than a bit of purple on his robe. He backhanded an old man and. " I don't care about him Luce I care about us. I do want us to be a family." We can babe." She sobbed. "We can be but you have to give up the dressingthing. I can't live like that. I am concerned because I don't think you wantto." You are right I don't want to. But if that's what's standing in the way, Ipromise I will try." Not good enough Tai. I need a commitment. If I am going to rip the kidsaway from their school their friends and family it has to be forever." Well what happens if I can't?". She always seemed to draw him in that way. She had that power. That woman was something else."Laura," he choked out her name.She turned and flashed him that innocent, sweet smile he loved to see. Her honey colored eyes, plump red lips, long dark eyelashes, and porcelain skin ... he could go on and on describing every detail about her."Alex," she said his name. His heart raced just a bit every time she said his name."You need some help?" He offered.She nodded. "Yes, thank you. Can you hold.