"I looked up and realized that the results of my labors of stabbing Creepy, was that the living room had attained a temperature somewhere above warm a...nd still rising. "Sorry," I apologized pushing the log I had been forcefully attacking off to one side and away from the smaller fire so it could go out.Shaking her head Vicky got up and opened two of the horizontal slatted side windows allowing the cool sea breeze to flow into the room.I gritted my teeth together and then mouthed the word sorry. You know I will pray over you in both services.”Karen said, “Yes, Sir. We’ve noticed you do that for all incoming teachers. We’ll be there. We can use the prayer. Bye.” I thumbed the off button. “Lover, I hope we’re doing the right thing.”“We are, Love. We’ve both prayed about it and have peace about this.”Sunday arrived without further fanfare or excitement. We told Melissa and Paul that we were leaving to go to early service as well as late this Sunday. They stayed in bed until we left.We. .. or because that’s what he thought she wanted to hear?“I don’t want to have sex with you,” she said.“I know that,” he replied.“So why did you say you want to have sex with me?” she asked.“Because you asked me,” he said. He smiled. “And because it’s true,”“Oh.” This wasn’t working out very well. “Why do you want to?” she asked, curious despite herself.“That’s complicated,” he said. “I love you, for one thing.”“How can you say that?” she asked. “You know I don’t want to do that, and when you. I’ll drag that sorry sonofabitch to the razor myself!” Sandeep completely backed me up on that point.“Any thoughts as to the flag of Haven, on a lighter topic?” Stephanie asked now.“I’m thinking of a red field with a golden sun, a white lightning bolt through it, and on each side a symbol. Vertically on the right and left, a black pitchfork and trident respectively. Horizontally, a black sledgehammer on the top and a black katana sword at the bottom. What do you think?” I proposed.“Oh, I like.