I never counted on Bridgette.When Nina left, she took all the money, the house, the fancy car, everything with her. All we were left with was my old ...ickup and about ten thousand dollars I had saved up on my own. In the divorce, Nina had stated emphatically that she wanted nothing more to do with either of us. She’s always acted as if Bridgette had been a burden to her, but I didn’t. I loved our daughter and made sure she had all the attention a child could need, admittedly stealing some. We ordered room service to the two-bedroom suite in the hotel and an entire staff served our dinner. As soon as we shooed them out of the suite, the robes were dropped once again and we used only half the number of chairs as there were people in our pod. Each of us held a lover on our laps. I held Rachel and nibbled on her as much as on my food. Next to me, Joan held Beca. Desi held Sophie on the other side. Across the table from us, Donna had Cindy on her lap, Nanette held Brittany, and Livy. I hide quietly among our food source and thereby have endured. Being immortal, time means little to me, just the cycle of ageing until I need to feed on living blood again. Being a Judge I have a ready supply of victims for whenever I choose to renew my body. I was here, Satan, on that very first Judgement Day, when this world was seared with fire and the sun blotted out by sulphur and dust for between half a century and a century.”“What nonsense is this? You are just a public servant of the. "Kim, we're not all four going to be together in the same bedroom, are we?"She laughed. "No, Will. Not this trip. Maybe someday... But I'm thinking: adjoining bedrooms, where I can leave the two of them, and come to you. And I think we should instruct Roland to whisper to Tess -- at a very strategic moment, that the connecting door has just been opened, and that he thinks someone is there -- watching!" God, Kimmy! You should be afraid to pull a stunt like that! Tess may come on him so hard that.