“Yes, Earth is much more my domain and responsibility these days. You’re perfectly welcome to abandon it to me. I’m happy to take it off your ha...nds. If I might suggest something, though. You’ll perhaps want to consider creating a personalized Heaven at some point. Tulsi, for instance, is gonna miss her surfing on the waves, as will others. Uniformity in Heaven only made sense when the alternative was a Hell filled with fire, sulfur, and other torments. Compared to that, sure, anything was. "No, no." I held up a hand to forestall any further comments and leaned forward, putting my hand on Cassidy's shoulder and looking her straight in the eye. "I broke up my relationship with Adrienne. Really, it wasn't your fault." After all, Cassidy didn't know about Donna nor Adrienne's willingness to overlook my slip- up with Cassidy herself.Cassidy touched my hand on her shoulder, nodding slowly as she tried to accept what I was telling her. I removed my hand and stood up straight. Then. Plenty of others had not done the same.“It concerns my reason for being late. I have just returned from a reading.”“A reading?”“The Tarot. I find it an infallible guide. I have been using it to chart my chance of conceiving an heir. And I have had good news. It seems I am carrying a daughter. The Ace of Cups declares it.”Adelaide was sceptical of such arts but said nothing to discourage Alicia. “You must be so pleased. From your past confinements, I had thought Harold was not capable of. I couldn't help the thoughts of whether the stories are true about them or not. I asked in a round about way one day and she was like oh yes! Not all of them but most are very hung... She said that the first guy she lost it to was black and even for her first time she knew he was huge because some of the girls at school had said he was big! The more we dated the more I got obsessed and had to hear more.... We dated off and on for a while but I couldn't get the thoughts of her taking big black.