”Fifteen minutes later, Tommy grabbed his bag, kissed her goodbye, and drove away. She watched his car disappear down the drive until it was entirel... out of sight.Before the car arrived to pick her up, Elizabeth’s housekeeper came in through the garage door.“Good morning, Miss Elizabeth,” Maria Sanchez said warmly. “Did you haf a good weekend?”“I had a perfect weekend, Maria. I hope you enjoyed some time with your husband.”“Yes, mam,” the woman grinned. “Carlos chased me around de house all. Now in our community a woman bedding a man treats him like a demi god. There was a ritual that I was taught and now I went about it. Patil Baba sat on the bed and I went on my knees. Removing his chappals lovingly I bent and touched my forehead to his feet. Then deliberately I extended my tongue and licked his toes once to let him know that I was aware of my station. Then I sat on my knees and folded my hands and kept my head bent low.He put his hand on my forehead to give his blessings and. His thoughts were interrupted when his phone chimed. "Get your coat. We have a situation." Be right there." Van and Adriana's FarmAfter seeing Ben off at the airport, the group stopped by the hardware store. A couple of hours later, Van Carter, Adriana and Lillian, in one pickup, followed by Jeremy, Connie, Denise and Paulette in their pickup, parked near Jeremy's new/old house. The women exited the vehicles carrying various items from the hardware store and went into the house. Jeremy took the. Exhausted and gasping for air, she looked up at the rim of the crater far above her, closed her eyes, and concentrated. Her body disappeared, then reappeared lying on the rim of the crater. “That’s more like it...” she panted, then sat up and wearily looked around. “I can teleport again!”There was dry desert and flatlands almost to the horizon, then baked brown, rolling hills continuing on to the west. To the south, it looked the same. To the north and east, the flatlands seemed to go on.