He nodded microscopically.As Mirwanna got to the foot of the raised dais that the throne was on, she knelt. Vostich and Fithian, as one, turned to fac... the throne. They, too, knelt. Fithian was on the left side of the room and the throne, and Vostich the right.As if this was a cue, there was a glow. The goddess Ishla appeared. Everyone, including the demon, knelt. Ishla looked out at us all, and raised her hand in what I felt was a benediction. The sense of her presence was almost overwhelming.. "Ok, Chris, have a good day" I replied laughing.I grabbed a quick shower and left the arena. I stopped for a couple of coffees and a dozen donuts at a familiar looking Tim Horton's just like the one's back home. I carried them in, along with my gym bag and let myself in to my apartment to put my bag away. I peeked into the girl's apartment and found them sleeping in the same position as I left them. I put down the coffees and donuts on the kitchen table and scratched out my first note and let. Would they accept me as a son-in-law? I very much doubted it. Certainly they showed no interest in the work we were doing or the fact that Em seemed much happier and more mature. Marion commented on the way she now frequently smiled and laughed but Charlotte and Kevin were too wrapped up in their own little world to see anything outside its well-defined boundaries.Christmas came and Marion invited us to Christmas dinner with her. Her son and daughter-in-law had taken themselves off to some. The next several days mom was acting very different. We would go to the store or mall together and I would catch mom talking to men. I mean talking and flirting with men like she was trying to get a date. I started to keep a close eye her. When the weekend came mom seemed to be very uneasy. We were going to have some dinner and watch movies. Then mom got a call on her cell phone. I listened and could hear her giggle like a school girl but she talked too soft for me to hear anything. Then she.