"Yes?" The Sutherlands need us." Wendy didn't look worried, though.David, however did, "They in trouble? Broke? In jail?" Nope ... Historical Archaeol...gy." Oh ... cool!" That rang David's bell."Way cool." What do we do with the kids?" David, the worrywart."Take them with us. Mina has sitters." Who is Mina?" Ah ... someone new."Wili ... you know ... Wilhelmina ... Billy's sister." Mina?" Oh, really?"Yeah ... as in the Mina half of the Sutherlands."They both laughed. It was pretty funny."But. "This is silly Lauren but just then, before I got up, I thought I saw someone else there, in your eyes," Dave said and gave a little laugh, trying to make it sound light."There is someone else in here Dave, but it's not what you think. I'm afraid that I haven't been very honest with you," Lauren said."What do you mean, oh my God, you're the real Lauren, I've just screwed my best friend's wife! Shit! Why did you do this to me? What if Rory came home and found us, he'd kill me and I'd let him.. ‘Every Wednesday evening, he sends one of his trusted lieutenants, one Miguel Sanchez, over to the ‘House of Dreams’ on Crawfish Street, to select a woman for the following Saturday night’s, ah… entertainment!’ Rita was only too aware of the ‘House of Dreams’. It was a high class bordello, in the Latin quarter of the city. To her knowledge, it had never been raided, in all her time with the Vice Squad. Rumor had it, that the Madame had friends in high places on the City Council, perhaps even. I could barely look; instead I pressed my face up against his other arm and slipped my hand into his tightly.“Why didn’t you call me?” Anders scolded Alistair. “You’ve lost a lot of blood, you great stubborn ox.”Alistair snorted in amusement and I actually let out a half-hearted giggle as I felt the healing magic wash over him. When it was done, we both stood and Alistair wrapped both arms around me, kissing my forehead softly. “Talk later?” I nodded, somehow ashamed that he’d been able to.