She looked up and stared at me for a moment and then wiped her mouth with a napkin."Uh.... I don't know what to say, except thank you, that's very nic...e of you to say" she said shyly.She was flustered by my unexpected comment as she clumsily took a sip of coffee. I sort of squared myself opposite her at the counter and looked at her. "I didn't say it to be nice, it just happens to be the truth" I replied very coolly. She just kept her eyes on me, trying to think through the haze. "If I didn't. He’d hit it. ‘I’ll do this.’The next day, heck ten minutes later as he stood at the iced urinals Rogue could not for the life of him remember much after that handshake. Just the honest smile of his Goddess over his left shoulder and Sir Hopkins listening carefully as Rogue, at the insistence of Miss Johansson imparted the plot and summary of “Goddess.”(The waiter) brought him out of his latest stupor as Scarlett had replaced him at Hopkin’s ear, the two, from what he could garner were sharing. Plus,I did like the way things turned out. So why worry about what theirintentions were initially? I decided not to. "It's fine," I said. "I dofeel more complete now than I ever thought that I could feel. Thank you." You're welcome," she replied. "The pleasure has been mine. And everyoneelse's!" Everyone broke into a laugh at her last comment.As we settled in to enjoy our last evening on the island, Mimi sauntered upwith a tray of her famous island specialty drink. She curtsied, her. It added about twenty minutes to her commute, but it was well worth it; nothing but the best for her "Katie."As Katie got older she grew into a pretty girl, tall for her age, everyone assumed she took after her mother. They had similar features and could be seen jogging around the park in the evenings and on the weekends. No one ever brought up the fact that there wasn't a father in the picture. Everyone just assumed that Katie was just one of countless other children that came from a single.