Now get a move-on.!"******I sat on my porch with Connie as Madison and Kimberly walked down thesidewalk from her house to ours. It was summer and both...girls were inshorts. I was in a conversation with Connie as a sleek red car pulled upalongside the girls.They must have been in school with them as both walked directly to thecar and begin talking, Madison leaned against the door while Kimberlyteased the passenger of the car playfully.Connie spoke up as I leaned forward in my chair. "That's. " Will you kill us as well?" Anastasia asked looking at me from under a furrowed brow."If you endanger my people I will," I answered her in all honesty.We were interrupted then by the fat man who'd been a slave to Isaac of Iskar. I'd learnt that the man was an outworlder who'd been taken as a child almost thirty years ago and that he'd been made a eunuch. Since his early teenage years he'd served Isaac's household in one capacity or another. Technically he was the family's steward. His name was. ”“No way,” he answered as I got out of the car and stood by the door.“Make up your mind, Mike, it’s hot out here.”“Ok,” Mike looked at me. “Ok, you can sit on my lap.”“Mike, it’s a five hour drive to your college,” his father said.“I know, but mom doesn’t weigh much. What do you say, mom. Would you mind sitting on my lap?”‘Ok, I’ll sit on your lap. But if it gets too uncomfortable I want to stop at a rest stop.” I said looking at Steve my husband. He agreed. “Ok, let’s get our showers so we can. ‘I suspect that if you would have chased me, I would have run slowly to make sure you caught me.’Ooh, this was an unexpected turn. Was it just humouring me flirtation or was it an invitation to open negotiation for the next step.‘I am not quite so fast nowadays as I was then, if I decided to chase you now, you would have to walk quite slowly to let me catch up.’And she touched my arm again and whispered, ‘we are standing still, you have already caught me,’ and winked playfully.Well, well, well..