"Now then," The same voice said, "I'm sure you probably think you're dreaming at the moment. And in a way, you are. After all, you're asleep. But unli...ke most dreams, this is all real, believe me. Who am I, I hear you wondering? Well, I suppose you can just call me...God. One of them anyway. You see, most people believe that there has only ever been one God. Thing is, that's only true in some realities and parallel universes. But in an Omniverse so large as to be unmeasurable there are bound to. " Jesus Jess, I had you figured out as a bit of a smart kid but now I don't know. Anyone who thinks they don't need an education for a job must be a bit of a klutz." And I suppose you have a master's degree in cooking mister smart arse?" No Jess, I left school when I was fifteen, I grew up in an orphanage and education was just to minimum standard, kids moved out at sixteen and usually got a job in some low paid occupation. If I had the chance again I would try to get a better education but. As we got closer we crossed a small stream thru' a rough small wood lot and then it opened up into a small clearing with a natural pond fed by the stream"Wow, I have never been back here." I told Mel who was busy watching birds."I have, I often came out here Dad with a book during summer and would read for hours and watch the birds and critters. There used to be fish in the pond but the herons would feed on them, maybe a few survived who knows. In early summer the stream flows a little faster. They could have gone somewhere. It's Saturday, for heaven's sake. They didn't even have to stay here. Of course, they didn't think anybody would walk in on them either, since it's Saturday.She could still see April's solemn, unsmiling but unashamed face, looking at her blankly. And she couldn't keep her mind's eye from returning to their half-naked bodies, pressed together. Half of her wished she was unscrupulous enough to go back outside Rhonda's office and listen, or hide behind a nearby.