At first there was nothing, then the female took a deep breath as she suddenly sat up. Her eyes wide she looked at the hand that was on her arm, then ...up the arm attached 'til her eyes settled on Ephus.Ephus watched as her mouth dropped open in surprise. Flexing her hands then arms, a deep sigh escaped her lips."You are Ephus. I thought I would never make it here from Olympus Realm." It was at that moment that she looked around seeing the seven goddesses behind Ephus. "Are you afraid of me. Just then a car pulls up next to me to my left, I glanced across at the guy driving, he smiled and nodded and I nodded back in return, just a gentlemanly thing to do. I could see he had someone in the car and it looked like it was probably his daughter unless he had k**napped a young girl, I could also see a dog jumping about in the back seat. As he stepped out the car I could see he was just in shorts like myself and he turned back to his daughter, “Please Jodie, get off that damn phone and. When we got there and I told him this was it; he had the same reaction that I had had when I did my first crossing."That's it?" That's it."I brought the rig up to speed and headed onto Interstate 70; next stop Terre Haute, Indiana. We'd be having breakfast in about three hours.The atmosphere in the truck was different somehow. The sexual tension between us was gone. We had satisfied our immediate needs and desires, now, more than ever before, we could relax and enjoy each other's company.We'd. " Want me to leave?" Brutus, you're my friend. I owe you so much. I want you here as much aspossible, and eventually, I'll get over this little crush. Okay?"He smiled at me, sweetly, brotherly. "Take your time," he said. "It'sflattering."Elsewhere in my life, people weren't quite as understanding. Martha, ofcourse, suggested that I wanted to be attacked, that somehow, I got offon the pain. She was a bitter, sad woman. Molly acted as if it was astorm that just happened, that came and passed..