“She decided that she was going to spend some time with Cheryl since she didn’t need a dress for tomorrow,” I told them and got hugs from all th...e girls. Jessie seemed nervous and I kissed her cheek. “I heard we’ve been ambushed.”She stiffened a little. “Are you mad?” she asked uncertainly.“No,” I told her with a smile. “I’m glad that my girls arranged things and I have to find a way to thank them. Gina had a suggestion, but we can discuss that later.”She nodded, glancing at Gina nervously. We. " She said looking at the kids."Oh" I said."Yes, you understand we started with a limited gene pool so it was important to maximize it." She said watching the kids.I nodded that kind of made sense."In the earlier years it was important to spread the diversity around." She said."What do you mean?" I asked."We had breeding programs, artificial insemination and so one, mixed families, I am actually not my fathers genetic child, but I am my mothers." She said."That wasn't odd?" I asked.She shook. I worried for a long time that she would never find a man who would be good enough for her. She has very demanding standards, as you've probably already discovered. I think she's chosen very well and I wish only that the both of you will be very happy."I breathed an audible sigh of relief."Thank you, Katherine. I will take very good care of Rose, I promise."The wedding took place in September in Davis at a very nice, modern church. There were about eighty people in attendance. I was happy that. If he fired he might as easily hit his daughter as any of the spiders. ‘Lei,’ screamed Valo, mixing his voice with theirs. ‘He’s mine,’ sounded the mad spider-woman’s voice, louder than any others. ‘He’s mine. Mine!’ —==(o)==— Zoa was weeping but had no time to wipe her tears. When the girl’s distant screams had finally ceased, she had dropped her work and gone back to her tightly packed, wounded comrades. But after a while, she had dared to leave the protection of their united blades. The more.