Alex was always quieter than me and never had as many boy friends, so she often came with us to the movies, or out on a picnic, or to parties. Then on...New Years eve last year Rob and I decided to hold a party at our house. It was very successful, and a lot of people turned up. Alex met a nice guy and was dancing with him most of the evening, but when it was all over, I found her by herself in the bathroom in floods of tears. They’d had an argument about her going home with him, and he. .. there was a hose ... it would be cold but he could get the worst off and scrub the caked on in the shower.Barely daylight, with the toilet brush and a big towel, he slipped out of the house and found the hydrant. He screwed on the hose and stretched out the hose, walked back and turned on the tap. The hose bucked and buckled like a run over snake but it wasn't spraying water from leaks. Following the bucking mule he grabbed the single speed nozzle and started power blasting the crap off his. The following day. Being Saturday, I didn’t need to get up early, so I slept almost until noon, then pottered about the house doing nothing much. Dad was in and out a fair bit, but there didn’t seem to be any residual embarrassment between us, although I still found myself acutely conscious of him in a totally different way – as a man instead of as my dad – and I began to see why Yasmine had raved so much, he was really still very good looking and kept himself trim, even though he was now about. At least Eris was a bit freer, though Ephus felt, there was far more of her power tied to Ares.According to Serket what he'd done to free the five bonds on Eris was rare. Well, rare or unheard of to say the least. Obviously, he was going to have to have more information on this before he tried anything more.Making Eris more comfortable Ephus sat at the table to think this through. He'd only been at it for a short time when he felt a huge surge of power outside his door. Nodding his head two of.