He listened to Fighting Hawk when he told him about pleasing a woman, and the responsibilities that went with being a man. He didn't understand why he... couldn't use any woman that he pleased. Fighting Hawk knew that this came from how he had been raised, and the things that he had seen since the day he was born. He tried to explain that it was how responsible men acted. When a man loved a woman, then he should care about her pleasure, and not just his own. If he cared only for his own pleasure. The phonecall from Sudhir was to let me know that he was struggling a lot looking after all the estates acquired thanks to bappa's efforts. He was previously helped a lot by my bappa's brother but when he died suddenly the whole burden fell on poor Sudhir's shoulders. Now a word or two about Sudhir-even though he was only my stepbrother I always has the utmost respect and love for him as he had stayed back to sort out these things leaving me free to go to the city for a better education and. "I give up, you can have a relationship with whomever you want, boy,girl, or whatever. That goes for you too, Heather, when you are older ofcourse. I think at least this way I will go gray a lot slower if I justgo with the flow."We all got up and gave my dad a hug."You are a wonderful husband and father, I am so lucky to have you," Momsaid with a huge smile.We all then sat back down and finished dinner."That was a very nice dinner, Mrs. Carlson," Amy said hugging my momgoodbye "Thanks for. The temple would care for any children who were not wanted and for those whose parents were out on trading missions. Alice had worked out a psychologically acceptable program which would keep everybody happy and further promote our cult. The resident priests would be of both genders and would be selected as the most qualified to be substitute parents. Our biggest problem was going to be spoiling the kids while the parents were away at sea!Capt. Osus and his new wife had been granted a short.