Mr. Hood stood in front of the class with a card in his hand. "I would like to see the boys across the hall right away. Girls, Mrs. Miller will be her... in a couple of minutes."With that he led the boys next door. Moments later Mrs. Miller brought the girls from that class into the classroom. After everyone was settled, she got up, a card in her hand. "You are all excused from class for the rest of the day," she said. "The teachers of your other classes know this and have planned accordingly.. ” Sally eased Maggie onto her back and moved over her, their mouths locked in a passionate embrace. “I can do better than that,” she breathed into Maggie’s mouth as she slid her body on top of her. “I will love you, Maggie Malone.” Chapter 5 Molly opened the door to find Maggie standing on the front step. Maggie raised the bottle of merlot in her right hand. “Peace offering?” “Of course,” Molly smiled widely. She took Maggie into her arms and gave her a warm hug. “I never want to fight with my. It wasn’t a modern “open marriage.” It was more like the military in the 90’s—”Don’t ask, and don’t tell.”In early 1976 MaryAnn’s mother moved in with us. I never got along with her, but I maintained a wary truce with old slutty bitch. She really had no choice about moving in as she was diagnosed with the big “C” and there was no one in Oak Park, IL to take care of her. Her younger brother, the one that is two years older than MaryAnn, was a prominent Radiologist and partner in the largest. “Have all of you done the Azayal training?”“No, but I did the same with the Uzliumbax at the War College,” said Ooryphyon.“They influenced our training a lot. They looked like apes but were carnivorous apex predators. Few knew they had fangs and claws and other deadly weapons. Do you have claws and rapiers, may I see?” observed the Azayal Instructor.Ooryphyon demonstrated her claws, fist and elbow rapiers as well as a fearsome war mask.She showed her teeth lengthened and her canines extended.