I got out of bed and put on her robe. Then I walked downstairs to check on what I thought'd be an empty garage. Even before I was all the way down, I ...could hear her. She was in the kitchen.She was humming! My mother hadn't run away from me. She was in our kitchen and she was singing!It was a happy song too. I could tell by the tune. I walked into the kitchen. There she was with her back to me and stark naked.I stared at my mother's behind. Her dark hair fell on her shoulders and back. I could. " She looked disgruntled as she said "I'll try but no promises." I grabbed a couple of cokes from the fridge and we made our way onto the deck. She took a seat at the picnic table and I sat opposite her just to be on the safe side. She raised her eyebrows and asked "What's the matter? Are you afraid of me?" I replied "You girls just about killed me last night so I'm not taking any chances. You just might try again." "Relax Greg, I'm not here to jump your bones even though I would like to. I'm. "Tom nodded his head. "I am not your average American man. It is one of the things that you will not know about for a long time. Now back to the question at hand. You can get up and leave here and I will treat you as I have been, but if you stay I will treat you like my whore. I will expect complete obedience from you and I will punish you if you fail me. I will leave this to you."The conversation was very short. A few quick whispered sentences and both of them were nodding their head. They. "Leonora smirked at the younger woman."By a mere thirty-two seconds." But you broke the code nonetheless. You know queens may bear only a single female to succeed them. By rights Cassandra should have been put to death as soon as she was delivered and I should be the one bearing your child." I will admit to the indiscretion. A lapse on my part. Call it the mothering instinct which overrode my sense of prudence. But be that as it may, I kept you both alive and allowed you to grow up in human.