Then she walked away, leaving me confused and somewhat upset. A few days later I was sent a notice about having my pregnancy scan, and detail of what ...o do and to make sure I had a full bladder when I was there.I also had to tell my boss that I was pregnant, I had expected a kind of negative reaction, but they seemed to accept it as just par for the course. I would be entitled to maternity leave when it was time for my baby to arrive.A few more days later the midwife returned, checked to see if. " then looking Heidi right in the eyes said, ".... Can you spread your legs a bit wider?" She shot me one of those 'if looks could kill' looks but she complied and did spread her legs a bit wider.I think we both felt we were now 'even' in the one-upsmanship department!John and I were the last of the guests to take of advantage of the Viewing room and when we three rejoined the others in the lounge Martin made an announcement that the time had come for Heidi to be formally presented to the. We had also acquired another forty families of different races.The population in Rubyvale had increased to over a thousand. Opal City was doing equally well with its population growth. We both had new housing subdivisions, farms being taken up, and support businesses started. Ships in both the sea and the air were making regular trips to and from Clarksville now.All four of the settled nations from Earth had also acquired new members, and their communities were starting to take shape as well.. For how long have you been—?”“Over 21 years, immediately after Valentine impregnated her. I replaced her guardian angel, who had been tempted to turn to evil by Satan and was perfectly complicit in the poor girl’s seduction. Her child, Benjamin, however, was not the Satan’s Child that we feared, so the Seed was still in Val-”“Are all men therefore possessed by angels?”“No, and they are not quite possessed, more guided towards the destiny that The Maker has planned for them. Only key individuals.