Are you going to dance naked there?” Mike chocked and coughed when his sister said that and I nearly fell out of my chair!Rob laughed and looked at ...Beth and me then said, “Yes baby girl, Mom is going to dance at a strip club on Friday night and I will be there watching her and it is ok. And besides your Mom is a beautiful woman and other men like to look at her too and it’s ok with me baby if she dances naked there too. I want her to do that and be sexy for them.”Beth looked at me and then her. ”“Nice to meet you, Lady Shilana,” Leo began, before his voice trailed off as Shilana laughed and shook her head.“No ‘lady,’ Leo. Just ‘Shilana,’ please. We are to work together for the foreseeable future, until you’re familiar with the city. This kind of formality will only get in the way.” Under her breath, she added, “And on my nerves.” Leo pretended not to have heard that.“So, what makes you so special?” Shilana asked again, easily falling into step next to Leo.“I am a Fist of Justice, mil-. "I'm told," she said with a slight smile, "all men suffer from a handicap when it comes to relationships." You're dead right there," I said a little grimly, "it's called the 'Y' chromosome."She giggled, "I thought I'd made it clear I would rather be a single mother than marry Rupert. The way he behaved ... I couldn't ever believe he genuinely cared for me and I'd be a fool to tie myself to him. Besides, I want the rest of my adventure." But..." Let's just get back to Serendipity, shall we?"We. "Thanks." Scott, what's the plan for her?" I asked."Surgery on Friday then they'll decide what to do from there. Dad ishopeful they caught it in time. Trevor is beside himself right now. Mysister knows what's going on but just knows Mom isn't well."Shortly thereafter, Corey walked in the door. Scott gave him the lowdownon the current situation. Corey embraced Scott and wished his family thebest. Soon, Alex, Colt and Jess were back in our room. We did everythingpossible to get Scott's mind off.