I shoved the door hard, ready to grab my bag and throw it inside, but the door met with resistance and before I knew it, legs were flying and I heard ... cry. I was horrified to realize I had slammed the door into someone, but even more horrified when I saw who it was.“Oh! Dominique! Wha...why...umm...God, are you okay? I'm sorry! Man...oh no.”Dominique lay on her back, spread out on our porch. Her legs were open wide and her skirt was up around her waist, leaving me staring directly at her panty. Uh, I'm kind of busy today anyway. Tell you what. You let me know when you want me to play and we'll see if it will fit into my schedule, OK?"Simone's relief was palpable and so overwhelming that she didn't realize I was teasing her. Then she got a guilty look on her face."It's OK, Simone. Really."I gave her a light kiss on the forehead. She hated when I did that, but she felt so guilty, I got away with it. Ha!I watched as she eased back into the room, part hostess and part participant. I was. .. The Bishop sent by the church received a peculiar set of wide range obstructing formation with the orders to erect it in its maximum scope with the pathway to New Earth as the center, should the need arise. As for the so call “need”, it was the case Sinister Chain will somehow figure the church investigation into Zax’s origin and one of its leaders will arrive on scene, not caring about admitting the truth, meaning to relocate possible relatives of the newly recruited prospect.The Bishop,. I’ll need to check he can manage it.’ Mike said he’d go with Gerard and say hi to Harvey. ‘Thelma can Gerard come to dinner this evening?’ ‘Yes dear if he’s not dating a woman.’ Gerard said dinner with the Hogan’s would be great. ‘Thanks Thelma.’ As they walked away Mike said all this is Thelma’s idea. ‘Our daughter Julia has taken a year off after graduating in finance with her master’s and she’s alleging all the decent young guys your age have left the city. Thelma recalled me telling her.