His voice was soft and calm, yet it brimmed with authority, and, like the Hêtshepsu’s, it boomed throughout the room.Inumut spun around and faced t...he interloper who dared give him orders. His attention no longer on Li Na, she slumped to the ground clutching her throat. When the Hêtshepsu saw the voice belonged to Sulihotep, his face purpled with rage.“So, bumbling priest of a worthless god, you once again intrude in my business,” Inumut snarled.Then Inumut paused and cocked his said to the side. Susan was there. I asked her to sit for a moment to talk."How's married life treating you, Susan?" I asked."OK Steven - Mom tells me that they stayed at your place last night." That is correct, your folks are really nice people I never got to know before, but your Dad is a lot like me, heaven forbid."She laughed and said, "Can you keep a secret, Steven?" I kept a pretty big one for almost five years, what is it – Is it about Glenn?" Well, he's been spending more than a few nights a week working. ”“It was Julien actually. He knows I’m usually awake by six and was too excited to wait any longer. I’m happy to inform you that Julia Marie Slade was born this afternoon. Seven pounds four ounces and she is the spitting image of her mother,” I told her. “He wanted to share the news and make sure you all knew that your sister is doing well. She’s still in recovery, but there were no complications.”“That’s wonderful news, Master, but I wish he didn’t have to call so early in the morning,” Sonia. Those words had no meaning to him anymore. She was his future wife and she may be thirteen, but that was how life was in this day. He was Daniel Sanders, settler. His personal past no longer existed.Daniel packed up the remains in the basket. He pulled a wrapped piece of cloth out of the basket and set it in his lap. He sat cross-legged and faced her. He took her hands in his."Esther Byrd," he said. His tone was serious and respectful. "Will you marry me?"She became bashful. "You know my father.