They lost their blood lust quickly when the first three in their mob ran into Alaric’s axe and Ruth’s khopesh. Two more fell to Li Na’s sickle s...aped daggers and Sulihotep’s staff before the other attackers could back out of range.While the drunks were milling around, the Priest of Sobek went into the temple and emerged with 25 heavily armed Soldiers of Sobek. The soldiers carried shields, spears and khopeshes. They wore helmets shaped like crocodile heads, but they did not wear the beast’s. “How many of the men here have women at home? Raise your hand. I don’t mean women who are in the class now.” A good many hands went up. “They could go to the beginning class next Tuesday; you could watch the children.”“Got no teats,” one man muttered.“That’s perfectly true,” she answered. She decided to not repeat the answer. She was a lady, and a lady didn’t mention breasts, much less the word he’d used. “Some nursing mothers must stay home. Others can bring that child here as long as it is. "Mmmm," she whispered. "You are such a good kisser." Thanks," I grinned.Jena handed me a beer and we sat in the living room. The place was verywell kept with plants everywhere. We talked. We talked about everythingand it felt so free and natural and why not. We had known each other foryears.Finally, after a couple of hours, Jena began to unbutton her blouseshowing her large white bra."I hope you don't mind, but I want you to do to me what you did lastnight. I've been thinking about it all. “Guilty as charged! Sorry about that. I have thought of you now and then, just not as much as I should have. So much happened to me and all that jazz ... and our only real connection was Mark. Also, of course, I ended up moving to Tucson for a good while and becoming intimate with Andrea. But, yes, I wanted things to progress. I think that they would have, too, but for the whole divorce mess happening when it did. How did that turn out, by the way?” Jana admitted, looking sheepish for no good.