Mercedes: We toweled ourselves off, and went for food. I wondered about his eating habits, but I thought those questions could wait. During the dining process, somehow, I ended up with red sauce down the front of my dress. I took a deep breath, and tried not to be embarrassed about it; unfortunately it's hard not to be when you have to leave dinner with red all down your white dress.

BJ: We were eating a meal they call it seafood delight. You serve yourself from the dish they set in the center of the table. Mercedes wanted the lobster claw when she went to take it the slippery thing slid through her sauce and onto her dress. We ate dinner, I have to commend her, she didn't rush for the restroom or start pouring stuff on it or rubbing it in. She did look a bit embarrassed when we got up , but I went around the table and helped her into my suit jacket buttoned it up and we danced. I thought she showed remarkable poise. I began to seriously think about this woman.

Mer: BJ hadn't laughed or made fun, he was quick to help me into his suit jacket when we got up, and he wasn't quick to rush me off to change. We danced, but before we went back to gambling, I needed to change. I didn't want to keep him from taking money from his buddies, he was more than welcome to go ahead. He went back to the room with me, he had reminded me I had his coat. Oops. I pulled out the other dress I had brought with me, but I found when I took off the one I had ruined, that I had also ruined the slip under it. I wrapped a towel around myself, and went back to my bag, I needed a new slip, I asked BJ where he learned to play poker, and listened as I pulled the clean slip over my head, and the towel, which I dropped after the slip was on. I grabbed the clean dress, stepped in, and asked if he could zip it up for me. He obliged, and I turned to him, thanking him with a small kiss.

2316 Dimitri and Margaret have litter of 5 boys and 1 girl-1. Sergio (you)
2. Torin (me) 3. Stavros (me) 4. Kadar (me) 5. Abasi (you) 6. girl-Morning (you)

Doctor thinks the recent outbreak of love and lust might be linked with Dimitri and Margaret mating. He believes it started with her preg. and ended with the litters' birth. Now he is looking for a way to prove or disprove it.

2316 Rhett and Promise first child- boy Shen 2. girl Fortune 3. girl Bethany 4. girl Callie

2318 At two years instead of being early teens, they are grown.

2318 Sabino sends Dimitri to other side , for a year. Then sends Sergio to Malna to work with ambassador. After that in search of mate for Doctor-Tasha includes---Morning, Jasmine, Pamela, Claire. (Torin insists on going with Morning.) Jasmine and Doctor mate.

2318 Jasmine and Doctor - 4 boys 1girl 1. boy Gambet 2.. boy Bruce 3.boy Lark 4. boy Darth 5. girl She-Ra

2318 Sabino sends the rest of Dimitri's children away. Then Bethany and Callie to space station then a few months later he has Fortune and Shen come up to work with him.

Torin finds Scarlet and Rachel in prison. Threaten to declaw Rachel and try putting Torin , followed by Xavier and then after shaving all the hair from his body, they take out Xavier and put in Zolhar. Scarlet kills him as Xavier is being put with Rachel, each of whom act as though it's the last thing they want. They play fight as they often did before mating or sex and then at the exact same time kiss and kill each other. Torin ends Scarlets pain by throwing a knife at her while the shape shifter is squeezing the life out of her.
The roars they let out while alive filled the rooms and carried their pain to Sabino. At which time, Yasmeen,Jamel,Sabino,Rhett,Stella,Dimitri and Tasha and other brothers arrived and let loose killing and roaring their pain and with them all Ceritons' lifted their voices to join in a united roar of pain and sorrow that shook the universe.

Ceriton Rulers: Earth- Rhett and Promise ; Picofared - Kadar and She-Ra ; Melba -Polity( ?) and Night ; Regicede - Cody and Jackie ; Sachem - Abasi and Bethany ; Sirius - Stavros and Madonna ; Zymosan - Meninx and Fortune ; Space Station - Darth and Megan ; Yurak - Torin and Callie ;
Vanaspati - ? and Morning ; Vulpine - Sergio and Ecstasy

Torin and Callie Boy- Meninx Stavios and Madonna boy- Polity

Sergio and Ecstasy 1. girl - Reba 2. girl -Enora 3. boy -Spectros

4. boy -Lark 5. girl -Dee 6. boy-Chink 7. girl - Night


Kadar and She-Ra girl - Lion

? and Morning !.Boy -Love 2. boy - Kam 3. boy - Becket

4. girl -Polly 5. boy -Day 6. boy -Brady 7. girl -Dosimer

8. boy -Shan


Abasi and Bethany 1. boy -Shadow 2. boy -Dennis 3. girl -Sherri


Able and Havana 1. boy -Allen


( you) girl -Night and Polity ( me) Meninx and Fortune (you) Allen and Dosimer rest are crossed out ---- not sure about this _________

BJ : I pulled myself out of the pool and sat on the edge watching her -float.
The water and lights made her skin glow and I wondered how she felt about getting her hair wet. Then I realized it was wet and I slipped back into the water. I took hold of her feet and pulled her to me and kissed her.

I felt BJ pull on my feet, and no sooner had I seen his face, I felt his lips on mine. I moved to a more upright position, and wrapped my arms around him.

BJ: I lifted her up and she wrapped those long legs of hers around my waist, held me tight as we kissed and I let my feet go out from under me. We went down under the water.

Mer: We came up for air, and I couldn't help but laugh. I pulled myself up onto the edge of the pool, and kicked water at him.

BJ: I swam away from her,then back again. Are you hungry I asked? I didn't hear her answer for just then we were joined by a group of people jumping into the pool. Most were friends of mine. I whistled shrilly and they all quieted down. Everyone I want you to meet Mercedes, Mercedes , one by one they gave her their names and before they could start the cat calling etc. I told them she was with me and we were just going to get something to eat but, maybe we would see them later at the tables where I would be glad to take their money. They sent waves of water at us as we left.

Mercedes: The stay with Boyd on the Whale... He is a card-shark, a little romantic, and he knows how to make me feel young, very young. And we haven't even slept together yet! No, the stay isn't over yet. I left him playing cards, and went to see if I could find something to wear, that night. I found what I had been looking for, and returned to the card table. Feeling quite ready for whatever may come, I joined in a game; we played cards for a while, and went for a swim in the pool. I was thoroughly enjoying this. I lay back in the water and floated, watching the stars.

Russ: We sat facing each other on the bench and I held her hands and told her the whole truth. If the end of my marriage was going to happen , I wanted it over now. I didn't want it to die slowly.
I started at the beginning the tour how things were when I left, my celibacy. Mercedes, the way she was feeling , my offering her a place to stay. Our needing to talk about Clay and you Dionne'. How Mercedse and I had almost made love. How I needed to be sure of my feelings for you, Dionne before I let anything happen between Mer and I. Yes Dionne' if she hadn't been your sister, I believe, I would have made love to her. I might not have even taken the time to discover how I really felt about you! It might well have been Mercedes, that I married and not you. Yes, this is what Mercedes and I were talking about . I tried telling her half the truth but it didn't work and she was still going to take herself out of your life I'm not sure how far she was about to go. Doesn't matter, some how the truth is out now and she can deal with what happened between she and I. The question is Dionne, can you deal with this. I love you! I married you. I am not going to pine away over Mercedes or she over me. If you choose to end this marriage I won't be rushing into Mercedes arms. If you have any doubts end it now. I can't put on a happy face and go back in there, No matter how good a performer I am I can't do it today! Do you love ME Dionne'?


Dionne': I listened to Russell telling me what was going on, and I didn't know how it made me feel. When he finished, I thought that I might actually love him more, if that was even possible! Russell Chandler, I didn't think it was possible to love you any more than I already did, and I was wrong. Yes, I love you! I moved closer to him, held his face in my hands, told him again, I love you; and kissed him.

Russ: I love you, I said over and over again as we kissed . I hadn't made a mistake in loving this woman and it gave me the strength to go back inside for flower throwing and finally leaving .

Bj: How would you feel about dating me?

Mer: Maybe I should be asking you how you might feel about dating an old lady? I smiled, he was quite direct about things once he got over the shell-shock he seemed to have when we were introduced. I would love to date you.

BJ: There isn't anything old about you. I would love to date you. Do I need to ask your brother in law, Russ's permission first?

Mer: No, he had his chance, long time ago.

BJ : You seem like the gambling type to me, would you consider a weekend aboard the Whale? You could have your own room if you like. What do you think, are you ready to take a chance with me?

Mercedes: Well, why not? It's been awhile since I had some fun, but I don't think we'll need seperate rooms, do you?

BJ: I looked to see if she was playing with me. Then decided it didn't matter and said no, I didn't think we would.

BJ: We danced and I told her about how good my sister Skyler thought she was. She raves about your music but she says she won't go there . I won't embarrass you further by telling what I listen to when I'm feeling down. I would feel more comfortable if you would do some of the talking here, please.

Mercedes: Sorry BJ, personally I find that fame is over-rated. But I have heard that you are one of the few single men left in the Radio business, is that true?

BJ: Yes, I am as a matter of fact.

Dionne: I was talking with someone when Russ came back inside, and left Mer with Boyd King. Russ danced me away, I noticed the red mark on his cheek, and I didn't want to know what he had done. So I didn't say anything, I just put my hand on it, and we danced.

2206 July 4 Chelsea Mercer Prescott and husband Damon died Drunk driver

2209 January 3 Latoya King Cassidy and her husband Chad died House fire

2209 December 29 Aaron Winters died of flu complications

2208 August 9 Jake Miller dies natural causes-- while sleeping with current girlfriend.

2135 May 11 Simon Reed was born

2206 September 4 Simon Reed and 2nd wife die of natural causes.

2135 July 28 Juliet Dugan was born to Skye and Jim Dugan

2155 September 8 Olivia Reed born to Juliet Dugan and Simon Reed

Annie Turner wed Gerry Price
2248 May 6 Sean Price was born to Annie and Gerry Price

Annie divorced Gerry Price

2266 August 5 Annie Turner Price wed Davis Mark

2272 January 4 Twins Noel and Nadine Mark were born to Annie and Davis

Annie divorced Davis Mark.

2226 Xavier and Rachel have boy Wyatt

Zolhar and Scarlett have a girl Persia
2228 Thunder opens his shop around New Years

2229 Thunder moves into Forrest Green apartments.

2230 May 3 Justin and Angie (Rain's daughter) wed

2230 June Lyric graduates

2230 July 4 Olivia and Jim during Major car race are involved in a crash and they die.

2231 July 6 True born to Justin and Angie

2232 April 3 Kit dies allergic reaction to ?

2233 May 8 Skye marries Steven Hunter

2234 June 11 Alex Trent and Cindy divorce

2234 Phoenix dies

2234 August 13 Cindy marries Joey

2234 December 11 Cheyenne Conway is born to Cindy and Joey (it's a girl)

2235 March 23 Lindsay and Bob wed

2235 June 1 Harmony and Brice Street wed

2236 May 8 Maxwell and Rosemary Street (twins) are born to Harmony and Brice Street.

2238 Whitney and Thrush Conway retire

2239 January 1 Paul and Allison wed

2239 April 15 Joe and Cindy separate.

2240 May 10 Madison married Lyric. Annette joined the group and did the climb and got her tattoo.

David Mark is Dewayne's son.

2284 Isaiah was born

2296 Isaiah's son Isaiah was born to Florence

2307 March 1 Isaiah wed Florence

2307 April 3 Micah was born to Aaliyah and Calvin

2327 November 3 Micah goes to work for Darius

2327 December Micah and Jazz, Darius wife, have an affair during the holidays.

2328 February 8 Jazz tells Darius she is preg.

2328 October 5 Jermaine is born to Jazz and Darius

2330 January 12 Odette born

2330 December 19 Truman born to Darius and Jazz.

Russ: After leaving Mercedes with BJ King. I went back out for a bit. I took a few deep breaths and tried to center myself in my universe. Lionel came out and stood beside me. Dad, yes Lionel, I don't know what that was all about, but it looked pretty serious. I took another deep breath and said yes Lionel and waited for him to say more. Perhaps a lecture on how to conduct myself in a more appropriate manner for a man just married. I couldn't help myself the smile automatically slid onto my face. I love you dad, is what he said and I saw my smile slide across his, face. We looked at each other for a minute of two. I think I have left Dionne' alone too long, what do you think Lionel? I think you might be right Pops, he chided.
I found Dionne' talking intensely with an old man and danced her away. You are a very accomplished dancer Mrs. Chandler and very beautiful today. I kissed her as we danced across the floor. I love you Dionne'.

Russ: Dionne' put her hand to my cheek, I guessed that Mercedes hand print was still there. Dionne' didn't ask about it; though she did want me to know she had seen it . Your sister thinks I'm crude I whispered in her ear.

Dionne: I don't want to know. Do I?

Russ: I don't know, do you?
Dionne': Russ, I stopped dancing. I love you, but if there is something going on, I need to know about it, and I would prefer not to include our guests in this conversation.

Russ: I took her arm and for the third time today I went outside. Dionne', I looked into her eyes trying to decide how much truth she really wanted to know and trying to decide how much I should tell her.

Mercedes: True; it felt like a huge weight had been lifted, yet it didn't quite make things better to know that the only reason we hadn't made love was that Dionne is my sister(noticed he didn't say sex). Or even that if she hadn't been around that I would be by his side instead. What helped me come to my senses was that I realized what a creep he could be. I hoped that if things faltered in their marriage, he would come to me. I knew he wouldn't-- the whole sister thing once again. I would have to take a different approach to things, meet some new men, spend years getting to know them, and then hoping Russ hadn't died leaving Dionne to screw up another good thing for me. Yes, I know that isn't fair, but what do I care? The girl is like 30 years younger than me...it's aggrevating!

2335 May 13 Sheridan Pierce born to Evangeline Hunter and Ben Pierce wed Feb. 21, 2338

2339 June 17 Austin, Lamont and Jared Pierce born to Evangeline and Ben

2340 April 4 Denzel McGuire II born to Denzel and Kari McGuire

2339 November 6 Arizona Knight born to Ivy McGuire and Ray Knight wed Dec. 31,2337

2340 April 4 Gabriella, Brenda, Celine and Levi Walker born to Mercedes McGuire and Clay Walker

2339 December 3 Seth and Duncan Chandler born to Adara Doss and Andre' Chandler

2337 August 17 Hazel Rene' Hanson born to Rene' and Paul Hanson

2339 September 2 Neil Paul Hanson born to Rene' and Paul Hanson

2346 April 30 Jackson Mark Locke born to Tempest and Jackson Locke

2347 February 5 Aurora Harper born to Ariana Monroe and Chandler Harper

2347 February 20 Kendall Dean born to Margo Dane and Kitt Dean

2333 Sally Cummings (Alex)
2331 Jared Cummings (Alex)
2333 Elliot Cummings (Clayton)

2350 February 5 Amity Bichette Locke born to Tempest and Jackson Locke

2348 March 19 Katriona Pierce born to Nicolette and Franklin Pierce IV

2358 March 18 Skyler Marie King born to Grace Cash and Arizona King wed 2352

2360 October 6 Boyd James King born to Grace and Arizona King

2363 January 3 Rowena Locke born to Katriona and Jackson M. Locke

Dionne: I couldn't help but notice how miserable Mercedes was. She said good-night, but it seemed more final than that. I thanked her for coming, and asked her if she would call me. She replied with I love you hon, I gotta go; and she went outside. She hadn't said good-night, she had really been saying goodbye. I'd miss her, but maybe I was wrong; maybe she wasn't saying goodbye.

Russ: Dionne and I were married I love her with all my heart. The reception was crowded and I went out to get some air. Mercedes was here and we would see each other some time. I had only meant to help her become strong again by giving her a safe place to be. I also needed to talk about my own feeling , about Clay and Dionne'.
I heard someone walking towards me and turned, it was Mercedes. I was glad to see her and smiled, I am happy you came Mer. I just want you to know that yes, I am pond scum, can we still be friends, or have I hurt you so badly that you'll just dissapear? She came into my arms and kissed me.

Mer: Russ, I have to leave.

Russ: Is it because of me? Dionne can't lose you, Mer . You have to keep in touch with her, at least, won't you ?

Mer: What would I say to her? Hey! things are great in the black hole...how's life with Russ? I know what life would be like with you. And she's lucky to be married to someone as wonderful as you are. I just wish it had been me instead of her, and until I can get over it, I need to be somewhere you aren't.

Russ: Mercedes, how can you know what living with me would be like! As for wonderful, me ? You now I'm not! Don't let yourself see me as anything but what i am. A friend who loves you just not the way you need me to.

Mer: Russell, I've toured with you, and I didn't say you were perfect. I need a vacation, this whole thing has been just a stupid mess. I realized that I was being retarded, it wasn't his fault that I was miserable. I'm sorry I let this garbage carry on so long, Russ. Mostly it was just me being jealous. You said that you and Dionne were just having sex, ...and you kissed me, and I already told you I wanted you, basically. And suddenly when I thought maybe I could be with someone worth being with... You don't kiss friends like that Russ, it just isn't done.

Russ: We, Dionne' and I were just having sex and dancing and getting to know each other. But if I go a year with sex, I must be feeling something more and I wasn't sure how much more, I told you that.
When you touched me -Mercedes you knew and so did I that it was more than that. Alright , I'll say it if I hadn't been involved with your sister, We wouldn't be standing here having this conversation. If Dionne weren't who she is and I weren't in love with her . You and I would be together.

Mer: It felt like the weight had been lifted off my shoulders, to finally hear the whole truth. Now that Russ, is something I can live with; now, who here haven't I met already?

Russ: Well if you liked that , than you'll love this and I could feel a smile spread across my face . If you hadn't been her sister I would have made love to you right there in the grass.

Mer: Russell Chandler- I slapped him across the face, I am not playing that game. You need to learn when to leave good enough alone. If you could please introduce me to a man less crude than yourself?

Russ: Ouch! That hurt! A man less crude than me, let's see- Boyd -BJ, have you met the famous Mercedes Walker? Mercedes this is BJ King, famous DJ - radio, etc. Dance with her, she is tired of my company.

Mer: No Russ, I can't... It would have been hard enough to see you with her before, why couldn't you just leave it alone?! I was sobbing uncontrollably, and I went back to the guest house, locking the door behind me. I packed up my things, and waited for Russ to either leave, or go to sleep, so I could leave without seeing him. I lay face down on the bed, my head in the pillow. I thought about how screwed up life was. I had lost my brother, my parents, my sister and my husband, and now I had lost my best friend. I cried so hard it hurt, and I fell asleep. I woke in darkness, called a cab, and left. I called Ell and Rudy from the cab, and told them that I would be out of commision for a while. I dropped my things off at home, and went out for a drink. I got there, and saw exactly what I hadn't wanted to see. Russ and Dionne'. There were too many people here, if I ran out now, who knows what I'd be reading in the paper tomorrow. I could feel that all too familiar darkness Russ had referred to; it was choking me. I took my seat, drank some, danced with someone, I guess I must have slept with him too, at least I woke up in bed with him. I went home, seemed nothing much could bring light back in my life anymore, nothing meant for me that is. I wrote ten albums worth of sad, sappy, poor me style love songs, and when my recording studio heard them, they told me that this was not what the people wanted to hear. It's all I've got. They made an album, and I secretly hoped that it would fail miserably so that I wouldn't be asked to work in the near future. No such luck. I couldn't back out of my contract, and so when the record sold out, they sent me on tour again. I would avoid Russ at every point of contact, I had heard that he and Dionne were getting married. I went to the wedding, not like I had a choice. I sat like a good little Mercedes while my baby sister and Russell got married, I sat at the bar during the reception, I saw Russ go outside alone, and after saying good night to Dionne' I went out after him. This was the last time I was going to see him, and I had to say goodbye.

Russ: No I am not kidding, I told you the whole thing. I haven't had sex with anyone but Dionne' since then. I've been tempted, I said, looking at her, a grin spreading across my face but , she just lost her husband not long ago and I just am not that kind of guy.

Mer: He didn't just say that.... Russell Chandler! I put my fork down, and looked at him. I was at a loss for words, how was I supposed to react to that? I put my hand on his, and told him that he wasn't funny, at all.

Russ: I was trying to remember that I had no business doing this. I had wanted her to know that I felt she was desireable . I could feel the cool touch of her hand on mine and I pulled her close and kissed her.

Mer: What was I going to do now? I had already told him I spent a whole year avoiding this, for Dionne... Russ, this isn't.... I trailed off, I wanted him badly.

Russ: My mind didn't want to work, I needed to stop, I could feel her responding to my kiss and I wanted her . Then we broke away . I told her I was sorry I hadn't meant . Mer, I whispered , my voice not yet back to normal , I need to wait untill I can figure out how I feel about Dionne. Can you forgive me?

Rudy: The police wanted to know where Ell had been when they figured that Even had died, and I told them, that she had been with me, upstairs in bed.

Ell: Well, it certainly has been an interesting day! The police informed me that my husband , Even , was found dead of an apparent heart attack, he had been dead for at least a week. Then of course the questions. I bought myself a bottle of champagn and headed back to the apartment . I took off my dress and slip . I stood there in my stockings, garder belt , Bra and my 3inch heels , looking at myself in the mirror,posing this way and that. I looked good , I decided .
Until Rudy I hadn't realized how much of life I was missing. How dead to my own feelings I had been.

Ell: I was still married to Even, who didn't seem to have noticed that I wasn't even living there any more. I had him served with separation papers, which he did not acknowledge. As always I was caught up in our business and only now and then remembered that I had a personal life. I wasn't clear about what that entailed , but I must have one , everyone did!

Eagle : The year was up and I couldn't believe it. Not so soon! I wanted more time - I called Ell. She wasn't there, so I tried the number I had for Rudy, one of them must be around .

Dionne: I had looked for him, but he wasn't there. I guessed I'd wait for him to call. Eric was a schmuck, all he wanted was publicity, and I guess he got it. After a few days, I began to think that maybe Eric's publicity had reached Russ. Once again I found myself at that same spot I had been years ago, when I met Russ. I hoped that I might find him there, but this time I was able to eat.

Russ : I grilled the two inch thick steaks and together we tossed a salad . I was going to have my steak separate and asked if she wanted hers sliced to go in her salad , or on the side like mine? Then we took our food out on the patio and started to talk. I wondered, what had happened with Ivy , I hadn't heard from her is along while and I listened while Mer brought me up to date.
We swam , wrote music -separately- the music writing. I enjoyed being with her and every once in a while I would see a glimpse of her old self and that pleased me. We talked a lot about Clay -I needed to talk about him . I hadn't been able to before now . Then we began to talk about Dionne'. I should have sent her flowers , thanking her for the tickets and meal. I hadn't. I wasn't sure I could right now, I told Mer.

Mer: why couldn't you send her flowers...? I don't know how you feel about her either Russ, all I know is that she's leaving you dinner, and that you've slept together.

Russ: So I told her the whole thing. Actually that is it. She leaves me dinner and we go dancing and sleep together.

Mer: You're kidding right? We're talking about you here, hell we're talking about Dionne' even. How long have you two been at this cat and mouse crap? It's not like either one of you; And you feel how about her? I was having trouble comprehending what I was hearing. Russell, and my little sister (the commitment girl) having just a sexual relationship? Not possible.

Russ: I thanked her again for breakfast and went to bed and dreamed - of my loves , my wife, my friends and family. When I woke I felt lighter, spirit wise. I went out on the balcony and dove into the pool. I did my laps and laid my body down near the water to dry off.

Mer: I woke because there was a tune in my head that wouldn't go away, and so I got up and went to work. I noticed Russ laying by the pool, and tried to ignore it. I worked as long as I could without nourishment, and finally gave in to the hunger. Hungry Russ? I'm gonna torch up some- something.

Russ: when I heard Mer, I turned over onto my back , shading my eyes . Hungry? WhY yes, I am. Are you cooking or am I?

Mer: I suppose unless you want a BLT, you should cook.

Russ : It looked marvelous , smelled grrrrrrrrate and tasted , out of this world. When we were done I told Mer that Clay hadn't exaggerated at all. I was done in . I thanked her for the banquet and said I needed some sleep and to leave the dishes the maid would do them. I gave her a choice of rooms , or she could have use of the guest cottage, it was up to her. I would help her with the luggage, now of later. I didn't really have to give her a tour or anything . She and Clay had been here often and she new how things worked. I waited for her to tell me what she wanted to do.

Mer: I'll just stay in the guest house. I needed to work off some of breakfast, so I could get my own stuff.

Po' : Hennesy and I had decided to go with natural child birth and we decided to do it on the Whale and we did have a mid-wife, just in case. She just sat rocked and knitted, unless we needed something. I spent my labor in Hennesy's arms. It was almost painless for me and when she arrived, we couldn't believe she was here! It was wonderful!

Mercedes: I'm sorry Russ, of course I will.

Russ: Thanks- I'm hungry but I don't want to cook . Clay was always bragging about how great a cook you were. Will you do the honors?

Mercedes: I laughed, sure I will, which would you prefer, the McGuire Omelet, or the Breakfast plate?
Russ: give me the breakfast plate! I feel like I could eat a horse!

Mercedes: I made the whole thing, one for each of us. Eggs, breakfast sausage, pancakes, hash, bacon, and toast. Oh and a side of melon. I brought it to the table, and Russ looked as though he had never seen so much food in his life.

Mer: Russ, she is not any such thing. Just because someone told you she's seeing someone doesn't mean shit. You should know better than that. Dionne doesn't cook, for anybody... If she's making dinner for you, then all you need to do is walk up to her door. And no Clay wouldn't want me to quit, but it just isn't in me to do it. Not much is right now. I'm not strong like everybody else, I'm too much like my dad, and he walked in front of a bus after mom died, so I think I'm doing pretty fucking good as far as that's concerned. I'm going to start therapy, and maybe someday I'll get back up there again, I just can't do it yet. Now you want to tell me Dionne doesn't love you, go ahead... She doesn't do alone well, but she knows where her heart is.
Russ: What did you promise her!
Mer: I told her that I wasn't stealing her boyfriend, she didn't say anything... She didn't ask me to do anything, I lied to her. I told her that the last thing on my mind was men, and then I spent the whole tour being a drunken slut, trying not to want more than friendship with you.

Russ : Mer, your not a slut. You were just trying to keep the darkness away. As for friendship , Mer you took that away, you wouldn't be my friend. You were the reason I went on that tour Mer, because you were my friend I went and I did my best to keep most of the trash away from you . I needed someone to talk to. I'm not telling you this to make you feel bad but so that you know. I don't just listen to anyone who tells me things, and you should know that too. Now , as a friend , I am asking you to stay here for a while so I can talk to you-- about things. Will you ?

Russ: Clay wouldn't want you to quit! Just tell me what you would be doing it you didn't tour, come on tell me! After you tell me that then you can tell me exactly what you promised Dionne' . She happens to have herself almost married to someone, Mer. So exactly what is going on ? And What do I have to do with it. Mer , I am not going to seduce you. It's a big house !

Mercedes: This is it for me, that was my last tour. It's just not the same without Clay. And I can't cry on your shoulder, I don't trust myself enough. It's too lonely.

Russ : The tour was over and we headed home. I talked Mercedes into coming home with me . It was like 4 in the morning when we got there and I had promised her one of my special omelets- she would have to help though.

We walked in and we started for the kitchen. That was when I saw it. Dionne' had been here. I walked over picked up the tray and headed to the kitchen. I hadn't expected it. I had heard that she was seeing someone and it was serious. I didn't understand. We found the tickets . Too late for that, I told Mercedes. Mer started acting funny again . She was backing out of the kitchen, when I lost my cool ! Mercedes if you don't want to be my friend any more , just say so ! I've lived with you acting weird the whole time we were on tour and I won't do it any more. Just leave if I make you that uncomfortable. I tossed the keys at her and said take the car if your going.

Mer: Russ, it's not like that. Dammit. I don't know what I'm doing Russ, you know, nothing has been the same since Clay... I don't want to mess things up for Dee, I promised her... (continued above)

Russ: I loved the tour! I love performing and the reaction of the crowd. My followers were there the whole of the tour just following every place we were scheduled to be. We had only three more stops left on the tour , when I decided to invite a certain group the ones I liked best to dinner. I rented a very privet room - no cameras for this. We had dinner together at about 3am.
There were about 30 of them. I did have security, you never know what could happen. Nothing did and I was relieved .
Mercedes is in a bad place. I tried to help her and managed to keep a lot of the creeps away. I am a rather imposing person . Just my height keeps some guys away and I can take care of myself . If I do say so myself , I am in very good shape. She kept her distance from me and I felt strange to me. I kept thinking that maybe I had done something wrong but I couldn't figure out what that might be.

Mercedes: I tried to avoid being sucked into the whole sex thing, and the whole grieving thing as well, I had to move on and find someone new. That or just be alone for the rest of my life. I wasn't successful at leaving those men alone though. I never slept alone the entire tour, but never with Russ either. I loved my little sister, and from the looks of it, Russ was finding out exactly how much he loved my sister. Dionne, she'd always been the cutest, peppiest of all of us. Of course she was the youngest by at least 10 years, but I think she deserved to be in a healthy relationship, she'd been married almost her whole life, only 10 years of it with someone worth loving. I'm drunk, which explains the babbling. Rudy was not happy with the papparazzi photos he was seeing, and wanted me to tone it down a little. Fine, wasn't any fun anyways.

Marijuana: Po had Marilyn before I had Chablis, I thought I'd be pregnant forever! it only took about a week and a half longer though, and she was with us at last. Panda and the boys had helped us get her room ready for her, and everything was perfect, this time I didn't give birth in the hospital waiting room, with Po and Ell freaking out. This time; Eagle was there, I got drugs when I needed them, and all was well in the world.

Marijuana: Alright, being pregnant is beginning to weigh on me, I dropped about half the extra things I had on my plate, and now it would be me the kids, and Eagle for awhile. Well, I didn't drop my classes, I just did that at a different time. Hunter and River were a little jealous of Panda, and so it was time to counter-act that. When Panda would go somewhere with Po, we'd do something fun either at home, or I would take them to a place of their choosing, I loved being mom. I surprised them each with thier favorite breakfast, of course on the same day. Later, while Panda was with Po, we took the boys to the zoo.

Dionne: Mercedes had no idea that Russ and I were together, and though I did get a little anxious, perhaps this would help to clarify what Russ and I were really feeling though, so I went along with it.

Mercedes: Russ had just transferred me to my baby sister.... what is this about? I'd find out sooner or later, but anyways, I had a tour to get ready for. I talked with Dionne, and assured her that this was not me stealing her boyfriend, it wouldn't end up that way either, the last thing that was on my mind was men right now. We said our I love you's and got off the phone, she hadn't been very reassured by our conversation.

Rudy: Ell, ELL! I don't know what happened, but Russ accepted, he'll tour with Mercedes.

Po' : Well we finally got ideas, plans and with Aidens help the knowledge to make it a reality. I had one of each piece of furniture made to see if it would work for everyday use if it wasn't practical it was of no use to anyone. Not for the intended purpose that is. My mind would start to spin with ideas and I would have to shut it down. I couldn't concentrate on Hennesy and the baby, the business. The stories that seemed to spin themselves as they came out of my mouth. I loved to tell the stories to Marijuana's children and Aiden. I would become depressed or just start crying. I felt so sorry for my husband, poor Hennesy . He has to deal with all this emotion! I wondered how he was handling my pregnancy? I thought I would let him design the baby's room and I wouldn't worry about that. He would have it done in time.

Russ: Dionne' and I had been out dancing, at what was becoming our favorite place to go. I loved the way she seemed to fit so well into my arms as we danced. We seemed to adjust to each others mood and movement and not just on the dance floor. I was beginning to think that she could be the person I might want to spend the rest of my life with. We had just open a bottle of champagne and were headed for the hot tub, when the phone rang and I flicked the viewer on. It was Mercedes! She wanted to ask me to go on tour with her for a year. Dionne' went on to the hot tub, with the Champagne and I poured myself a whiskey! I had no problem going on tour, I told her, it was the Year part I was having trouble with. Rhett had talked to me about this already and I hadn't been exactly enthused over the idea of being away from Dionne' that long. I looked at Mercedes for a long time thinking as she spoke to me. I heard the words, I'll speak with Rhett, coming out of my mouth. Do you want to talk with your sister? I transferred the call to the hot tub and went to change.
The next day I called Rhett and told him I had talked to Mercedes and Yes I would do the tour.
Dionne' and I had talked about it the night before. She wanted me to help her sister but she didn't like the idea of my being gone a year either.
What we decided was maybe this was a good thing. She would do her thing and I mine. It sounds like a smooth transition on the surface but I could feel a ruffling underneath. I wondered if she thought Mercedes and I might become more than friends.

Eagle : Ell didn't like it much when I told her I was taking the year off. She looked worried this time , I don't recall ever taking this much time before . Maybe it was the -they will forget about you if your gone too long. It was possible, the public was fickle. Mari was more than happy about it. I enjoy making her happy . She keeps herself so busy , sometimes I think she forgets our conversations. I know I discussed taking the time off. Perhaps she didn't think I actually would! That's probably it. Po'Em , is something else, Hennesy too. Never thought I would ever consider them family friends. Surprisingly I think I am beginning to. Panda seems to adore Po' and Po' seems truly interested in Panda's opinion. Pandora and Po'Ems' brother Aiden seem to rub each other the wrong way . Panda's remark about dealing with him makes me smile every time I think about it. There might be a friendship in their future, who knows. The Boys could use a bit more attention. They are beginning to feel that Panda is the big cheese. I have to remind everyone that we are all Big Cheeses! Lord, how I love them all! Thank you!

Marijuana: Alright, so I've been a lot busier than I let on. I volunteer at the senior's home, soup kitchen, etc. I take the kids to the YMCA to play with other kids, and I'm taking some classes online. You know, just a couple different things. I still didn't know what I wanted to learn about. I wanted to do something, just didn't know what it was yet! Eagle told me he was taking a year off, and I thought I would die; from happiness, or loss of the normal routine I wasn't sure, but Eagle would be home, and nothing could beat that!

Rudy: I called Rhett, to see if we could work something out, get Russ to tour with Mercedes for a year. Rhett told me he would discuss it with Russ, and get back to me.

Mercedes: Rudy and Ell wanted me to tour for a year, they were in the process of securing a touring partner, and would let me know if it worked out. I wanted to know who it was they were trying to convince, and when they told me, I decided to take it into my own hands, sort of. I needed to tour, it had been too long, and I felt that it would be part of my healing
. I called Russ, and asked him myself, would he take a year and tour with me? I could handle touring with a no-name band, but it would be extra helpful to have a friend with me.

Aiden: This would be interesting. But simple. safe? that would have to be worked out still. But, it only took about a week for me to figure it out. Pandora, well. She was smart, in a girly artsy way, like mom.

Pandora: Aiden really is quite smart, but he's strange. I wanted to know why he thought he should kiss me on the cheek..no, why at all? He got some sick kind of enjoyment out of making me mad. But we had a project in motion, and he was actually helpful, so I could put the other stuff aside. I told daddy I was practicing to be a professional, by dealing with Aiden, if I could do it with that boy, I could do it with everything! Mom laughed and shook her head.

Po: I thought we had made a lot of progress, but they were beginning to get antsy so, I asked if they wanted to go for a swim or did they want to take a look at the gaming rooms? No, they couldn't gamble. They could watch from our security room, maybe , I would have to check with Hennesy first. We didn't have children come on board usually. I thought to myself maybe that wouldn't be a good idea right now. I didn't want Aiden thinking about security systems now. We played in the pool, became ravenous and then all four of us raided the kitchen!

Po: I'm right here, children. The children part was under my breath. Come here and give me a hug so we can get down to business. I got my hugs, reluctant of not. Then we all set our things on the table. I tacked my ideas up on the board the drawings, for them that is. My notes in front of me . The same for Pandora's . Aiden 's job was to help us make them possible, and if not, give us alternatives. I thought it should work great , and hoped that we could work well together. It took about half an hour for Hennesy to come in with the food and we had a picnic on the floor. I let them get a little aggression out and then we went to work!

Aiden: Po'Em, where are you? I'm here with super brat!!!

Pandora: Po', I'm gonna kick your brother in the head!

Po : The man was the light of my life, what could I say to that? I yelled make ours the real thing with dill pickles for me please, and before they get in here could I have a kiss to give me courage?

Hennesy: Of course you can, and of course I will. love you...

Po : When I saw them outside already I yelled to Hennesy to forget it they were already here ! Shite !

Hennesy: Oops! I forgot I already sent the car to get them...I laughed and went to dig out the tofu burgers for the kids.

I don't know why we need you. I said to Aiden, who retorted with, maybe it's because the concepts you want to screw with are above your intelligence level. I hit him, he was such a smug little brat.

Aiden: I should have told her to forget it, but Panda's kinda cute. I enjoyed fighting with her. I didn't enjoy the pain after she hit me. I made her kiss my arm, well tried to, she bit me. We wrestled around in the back of the car, when we pulled up to Po's house, I kissed Pandora on the cheek, and suavely climbed out of the vehicle.

Pandora: Ouch, this was going to be a strange experience. I had to wipe off my cheek before I got out of the car, what was his deal?

Po' : I asked Hennesy to hang kind of close while the kids were here and When he asked why I just said there might be conflict and I was NOT supposed to deal with that while I was pregnant. Oh , I added maybe they should be picked up seperately- avoids talk at school . You remember that kind of thing , don't you? I gave him a sly smile . Honey what should we feed them?


Hennesy: We'll feed them cheeseburgers...I still have the ones thier parents sent us to feed them last time each of them was here. You know, the ones we won't touch because they're not real meat.... I'll just have the driver pick one up, drive around the block, and pick up the other one, k?

Po': When I heard her ideas , I nearly peed my pants, I got so excited. We can't talk about this over the phone! Pandora! Do meet me. My place, I 'm going to enlist the help of someone else . If he can be pried away from other things. Check with your parents and let me know when. Oh and No one else is using these things are they ? We would be in F-oops , trouble if they were.

I got on the phone again and put a call into Aiden, on his private line - my SOS for help.

Pandora: I asked mom and dad when I could go to Po's to work on the new stuff we'd come up with. They told me I could go after school on Friday, so that's what I told Po', and when she told me: good, you and Aiden can come together. Aiden was not my favorite person, he was more of an annoyance, always showing off--Treating everyone like they're stupid. but I saved this for myself, and went along with it.

Aiden: Po wanted help. Po wanted me to help her and Pandora with thier little furniture thing, I said I'd do it. Pandora wasn't dumb, she just wasn't as smart as me. If she thought I had snob problems, she needed to look in the mirror. This girl was a spoiled brat. I'd have to ride over to Po's after school friday with her. which meant that kids were going to assume things. Oh well.

Pandora: I had to think of some new furniture ideas, and it was rough, so I had daddy help me look online for ideas. I wrote down some ideas, but I wasn't sure if they would actually sell or not. Here's the list anyhow Po' : A victorian house, Lava Lamps...you know how the lava rises and stuff, you'd sleep on a pillow of "lava" and float up and down all night; when you wake up, you hit a switch, and float back to the bottom. The victorian house thing works better as a whole room, maybe mom and dad can hook me up with it... Stairs up to the bed, a foyer, all that stuff. Elephants and Giraffes are really neat too.

Tattoos - Lyric: Butterfly on thigh and the fairy on her abdomen.
Kenyon: Butterfly on wrist and the fairy on her abdomen- a forget me not and forget me not written out on ankle.

Jake Miller and Angelic have child-
2196 June 8 Jacob Miller
2230 June 10 Jacob Miller wed Ellen(?)
2231 July 2 Brett Miller was born to Jacob and Ellen

2247 June 30 Brett Miller wed Bonnie Brown
2247 September 12 Cloud Miller was born to Brett and Bonnie

2359 November 1 Brenda Walker and Boyd Calabrese were wed.

2360 March 5 Ransom King died

2360 November 8 Brien King II and Dionne' McGuire King wed.

Stan and Kelly daughter Amy

2212 March 5 Tyler King wed Payton O'Dell

2215 October 18 Sierra King was born to Tyler and Payton
2217 January 9 Travis King was born to Tyler and Payton

2245 September 8 Sierra King wed Vance Green
2253 July 5 Twins- Sally Jean and Sage Andrew Green were born to Sierra and Vance.

2250 October 11 Travis King wed Marsha Sanders
2254 August 21 Bryan King was born to Travis and Marsha King

2345 Paul Hanson is still selling insurance, and he is 34 years old.

2335 July 8 Paul and Rene' Cooper wed. They have two children.
2337 August 17 Hazel Rene' was born and
2338 September 2 Neil Paul Hanson was born.
Neil Paul Hanson later wed Chelsea Chandler

2312 January Bailey and Rivers' marriage seems to be on the rocks.

2312 April River walks out on Bailey during another of their fights. He meets Nicolette and decides to sleep with her--But he makes love with her instead. Nasty legal fight for custody and support. ( will tell story later)

2312 September 8 divorce granted. River never sees Nicolette again until
2313 April A year to the day of their first meeting

2313 June 1 Debra Sully and Dexter -Heat- Ellsworth wed.

2314 December 29 River retires from music for 2 years

2315 March 3 Nicolette and River wed.

2403 Dionne: I went over to Sheri and Brian's to visit with my grandchildren, my son, and my best friend, oh and my 'boyfriend' too. I got there, and was face to face with my ex-husband. I tried to ignore him, and focus my attention on the kids, his prescence was disturbing. There were so many unanswered questions between us, mixed feelings and anger. I had talked with him a few times, but I couldn't bring myself to cry in front of him, and so I kept things on a much less personal level than I had been used to with him. I lasted about 10 minutes before I excused myself, and ran outside just in time to start bawling.

How he could act like nothing had happened was beyond me. I wanted to kill him. I would have to call and make sure he wasn't there when I came over from now on, just so I wouldn't have to see him. May came around again, and Russ came home; I had dinner ready for him once again, I had a show that night, so I left tickets along with dinner and went back to work.

Sheri: Our children were born a year before(2398 Oct. 3) Elijah and a year after(2400 Aug. 15) Allison, my parents died. they are a joy to me.

Po'Em : marijuana, I Pandora and I need to have a brainstorming session. You don't have to worry about her, I bring her back as soon as were done. K? It may take a while though. She agreed and Panda and I set about trying to find ways to make our furniture better . We came up with a few but she was going to think some more about . I dropped her off around 9pm . Hennesy had joined us for Pizza and stuff for dinner by candle light. Hennesy walked her to the door etc. and then we went home.

Po': So it was Wednesday . I had called Marijuana and asked if it would be alright with her if I consulted with Pandora after she and I did our thing today. How could she refuse? Mari and I met at our favorite place and dished, shopped -for her -that is. I was excited .

Mari: We met up, and went shopping, Hennesy had already bought a store out with stuff for their baby. I made sure to find something special for Panda, Hunter, and River also. It was fun, and I hoped that spending some time with Po' might help Pandora understand about the new baby.

Rudy: We'll just use the old one for less sensitive stuff then. This one will make the papers look completely blank. Removes all traces of writing or type, and then shreds it all. I'm going to give the investigator a new direction to search towards.

Evan was unlike any husband I'd ever heard of. Some husbands beat their wives, some cheat on them, some just leave, but I've never heard of a man who wants to be married, but didn't care about thier wife even enough to pretend to care. I wanted to know what Evan was doing while Ell was working all the time.

Marijuana: I thought Eagle had handled Pandora beautifully. I was still worried about her though, so I took her out for pizza, just us. She was feeling really down about things, it might be a long nine months. But I was up for it, the kids would know how much we loved them, and that a new baby didn't mean less love for them. I got Po's message, and called her back. Really? Then we'll be pregnant together I guess! I'll see you next wednesday!

ell : So this is it? All he could get for us? How much did you say we were paying him? That was the extent of the steam I had left to blow , not much.
I did point out to Rudy that we did have a shredder not as up to date as this one - The changes they made in these things was amazing and in such a short period of time too . Ours was only three months old! That makes sense I told him when he explained the coding to me-I'm quick-. We talked about everything including the open calls . It was just noon and I needed a nap.

Rudy: Ell, it's a damn conspiracy! I had gotten the bulk of information and photos from the investigator, and dropped them on the desk. Screw this, I had new people to check out. I went to the club, and listened.

I finished up with the listening, and went shopping. I needed some technology. I had a long day ahead, I needed to secure what little we had left. There are these new encoders/decoders, each is unique, meaning that no other one can decode/encode what one has already done. Ell and myself would be the only ones with access to the files, even if they were stolen. I bought a paper shredder, and some other supplies, and went back to the office to show Ell how the new encoder worked.

Ell: As Promised , I went out to my home and recovered my hopeful files. I also put together the few things that were important to me . I wouldn't be coming back . Even and I had talked again and he still felt the same, I didn't.
I wanted someone to worry about me and care, if not why did I need Even ?
I didn't need Even . He no longer gave me anything and I ... Didn't care.
I sat at my desk and went to work . I had hired an answering service to take all calls and no longer employed any other help . Rudy and I were it . I set up appointments with 50 people I had thought had enough talent to compete with the clients I had at the time of the original interview. I would talk to Rudy about doing an open calling latter.

Rudy: I hired an investigator to look into the girls Ell fired. I wanted to know what was going on, pronto. I would find someone to fill in for the year Eagle would be taking off, and I went personally to the office to make some calls. I called other agencies, to see if they were experiencing the same problems. Rhett had said that he was, and so had a few of the others. I called clients..our 'talent' and searched for something there, but nothing. Ell hadn't been exaggerating, they wouldn't talk anymore.

I was concerned that the stolen files could be used to harm our clients, and so I went physically to visit our talent, and share my concerns with them, if they wouldn't talk with myself or Ell, than we wouldn't be able to do our jobs. It was like a conspiracy, I gave up on them all, if they wouldn't talk, they wouldn't work. They knew this too. I put an ad in the paper for new talent, Mercedes needed an opening act.

Ell : It's been going on for maybe a month. Each time I catch the girls they are gone fired on the spot . And they don't get back in. Rudy , what about Mercedes? Do you think she could get it together and do this? I've been worried about her . Not much I can do though.

Rudy: I'll talk to her, and I'll be spending some more time at the office... Checking things out. Ready to eat?

Ell : Just one more thing . You should know I'm living at the office apartment. If your going to be at the office more you should be aware that if there are lights on the next floor up , it's me. So don't worry about it.

Rudy: What about Evan?

ell: I looked Rudy in the eyes for the first time that night and said Even who
and we ate our dinner.

Ell : Alright Rudy you have until Thursday . In the mean time I guess I will have to go dumpster diving. Is there anything else we need to discuss before we eat?

Rudy: nothing that can't be done just as easily after eating.

Ell : Rudy if it's bad news I would rather hear it before I put a lovly meal into my stomach, I can handle it.

Rudy: Ell, who do we have? Not including Eagle. We've got the office, which looks like a big league office, the staff, the stationary, all that stuff. Not much in the way of talent. I've been looking around, but none of these groups or people I've found are going to sell out a venue like Eagle. It's time to simplify, cut unnecessary costs, and start doing some talent searching. We need to have the resources to find artists before Rhett does, or we're as good as done for.

Ell : Look , I showed you everything and every one , within the first couple of months that we were together. You know our business as well or better than I do. I have the money , money isn't the point . They clam up and won't talk . I don't know what to do. That is one of the reasons your here, Rudy I needed help. I had to fire a few of the office girls. Files were disappearing. I trust you Rudy , I need help !

Rudy: Ell how long has that been going on, the missing files that is?

I called up Russell, and chatted for a little bit. How were things, not working much lately? Problems with your agent? By the time I got off the phone with him, I was confident that he would consider taking the job, if not switching agents all-together. Then again, there was a reason everyone was with Rhett, and my confidence faded.

Who do we have Ell?

Rudy: Let me see. I looked in my case- trying to think who could fill Eagle's shoes for a year. Have you tried Russ?

Ell: Russ Chandler? He isn't taking many jobs . And he isn't with us, I said . My mind was a blank.

Give me a couple days... I may be able to work something out

Ell: Rudy , he is with Rhett, he won't leave them.

He may not leave him, but that doesn't mean we can't work something out.

Po'Em: Marijuana, I spoke her name into the reciever . Come on hon answer. I'm trying not to swear so much, so pick up . Ok then FFFFFFF um I call later.
I hung up. I had better watch it Panda might start picking up one of these days.

I called My parents gave them the news and then I asked Aiden if he wanted to come over for a while He was still thinking it over when I hung up-- Had to rush to the john . Didn't think this started so soon.

Hennesy: It was hard for them not to notice the things I had just brought on board. I told them to get comfortable, we had a cruise leaving in an hour. Things were put away, and guests began to arrive, my parents found themselves in their glory. Surrounded by rich people, they brown-nosed and tried to swindle our guests. They spent the entire weekend like that, and then they left, I told them that their behavior was embarrassing, and they should go back to the hole they came out of.

Ell : Eagle wanted a year off ! I tried to talk him down to say 9 months . Should have known before I said it that was not what I wanted to remind him about. In the end he got his year . I told him I would try to find someone to replace him. He had met all of his commitments and I had to go with the flow.

Later at our monthly dinner meeting I let Rudy know what Eagle had planned. Do you have anyone in mind to fill the gap, I asked him?

Po'Em: While I listened to Hennesy, I could understand for the first time the reasons behind most of the choices he had made. I was going to try to be open minded about his family although they were looking very interested in their surroundings. All of a sudden I wondered if we should tell them about the baby , or not?

Hennesy: Po' my parents- well they're...I looked up, and saw out the window some people I hadn't ever wanted to see. There they are. My parents the gold diggers. I figured now was a better time than ever, and I told her about my family, and all the other mysteries behind me, I had found out about a child from a previous relationship, because she died. So I took a year to recover from it before returning to Po'. I spilled my life story for her, even while my parents stood listening, and when I was done, I introduced her to my parents, and told them that this was MY boat, and if they pissed me off, they would be off of it without life-jackets.

Po'Em : We lay on the bed holding each other . Hennesy, I know we haven't talked about this but , you do have parents don't you? Why don't I know anything about your family? I held my breath and waited for what would come I hoped that I hadn't crossed one of those elusive lines he drew.

Po': I had just finished telling anyone who was home that we were going to be parents, I was so excited that I could have kissed That Quinn Guy! Then I saw Hennesy coming on board with a whole store! It looked like it anyway. He must have bought every thing in town for heavens sake . When he peeked inside our room , I thought about killing him and then I thought this is so great !

Rowena stood debating with herself while her fingers explored the white-gold of her wedding band. A moment later she realized that there was nothing to debate, she didn't want to live for an eternity as a vampire, even if that meant she would be with Ari DeLuciano.
What quirk of fate caused him to become a vampire, she had no idea. How she was going to manage to free the 3 Ceritons and keep Brian safe is what she decided to put her mind to. Ari must not guess that she considered him the enemy . If he did all would be lost.
She wanted Ari to be at peace ,for his soul to be at rest. Now there were 4 female Ceritons- Jasmine, daughter of Charles and Adara, a former princess of sorts. Penny and Claudia, Russ and Dionne Chandlers twins and Havana, the Doctor's assistant, a doctor herself. Havana was to be the next doctor but, Gambet had to take over because the Doctor, his father is Dead and Havana is not around but, assumed dead!

2402 Hennesy: A dad? Me? No sooner had Po' told me, than she was off to call Marijuana the news... I sat down, and thought about it. Took me a little while, but I warmed up to the idea...maybe a little too much; When I came back to The Whale with a truckload of baby things, I think she was a little mad at me.

Po'Em : Hennesy ! I came running up the plank to board the Whale and jumped for him. Guess what ! I whispered in his ear , we are going to be parents! I kissed those wonderful lips of his and ordered him to put me down . I had to call Marijuana!

Eagle : It has been hard, not having Breeze around , I miss my dad. I try to make sure that Kari is around for everything that happens, from birthdays to missing teeth. Rudy too.

I sure would like to know what dad would have said had I asked why more babies. Of course I didn't have more sibs. The question was reversed.
I told Pandora that we had so much love in our home and hearts that we needed to share it with another child. Pandora , I love you , and I couldn't love you anymore if you were our only child, I love you that much. Is, I asked that too much? I gave her a hug and let her go.

2402 Pandora: When mom and dad told us that they were having another baby, I thought I would scream. Daddy, why do you need another one? Aren't we enough, Hunter, River and me? Or is it just the babies that you like... ? I turned and walked to my room, feeling like I had just been pushed that much farther down the family totem pole. Nobody ever asked us if we wanted more babies.

Ell: Well surprise,surprise! He , being Rudy , accepted my offer. When I read the words it nearly knocked me off my three inch heels! I could hear my husband's words in my head-he would be a fool not to . Now I would have time to--to what? Didn't matter I could always find something that needed doing. I was relieved and happy. Shrink here I come!

When all the papers were signed and everything was legal. I took Rudy and showed him the books . We would talk about the clients another time. I wanted him to get a sense of how I ran the business first. It seemed to be a comfortable situation for us. Business was going to be fun again, maybe.

Sheri: I had let Brian know that we were on our way back and he said he would be waiting. Those were wonderful words, I'll be waiting. When we got there He had a huge drink ready for Row, Brandy for me warmed just right and the tub was full. I decided to take the tub first and left them to talk. I knew she needed to. The candles were lit on the tub and in the chandler above it. Dumped my clothes in the hamper and stepped into the water and pushed play and the music began. I slipped all the way under and up again . Then lay soaking . It was then that I let myself begin to grieve. When I was finally done
Rowena took her turn. I prayed she wouldn't fall asleep and drown in our tub. ( I'd check now and then )

Rudy: I got a written offer to become Ell's business partner. I thought long and hard about it, with Char gone, my desire to write had nearly left me as well. I hadn't exactly been moving along before she died. I accepted Ell's offer, it was something to do; and as a partnership, we'd both have spare time to spend with family, and since most of my family was in the business anyways, it only made sense.

Ell: I finally knew, in part because of Rudy's help, what was happening with all of my clients and friends. I had offered Rudy the job again, in writing. I didn't think he would take it but I had nothing to lose. I had thought a lot about my marriage since the concert. The conclusion I came to was that I should try to put more of myself into it. I talked it over with Evan, my husband, and was surprised that he was happy with things the way they were! The question is, was I? I Guessed that I used to be. I decided not to worry about it , and be glad, that he didn't notice how long or when I was missing. Enjoy it I told myself. I decided to offer Rudy a partnership, split right down the middle.

Maybe I'd try a shrink!

When I woke up I was in a hospital room, and Eagle was there with me, holding our new little boy, I was too weak to do anything but smile at him, and then I faded back into sleep. I was very happy to be able to leave the hospital with both Eagle and River; who was born at 1 am on August 7th 2399. Hennesy and daddy had taken good care of Panda and Hunter while we were gone. Now it was time to recover from another loss in the family, well more like two losses. Homer and Breeze, add that to my mother's death earlier this year, and however many others that died and we didn't know about yet. It was rough, but we would get through it--we still had each other, and the kids.

Ell : the baby was beautiful and a boy. Mari was doing good and the hospital was finally responding to her needs. They would take care of her and I , I had a call to make.

Once outside the hospital I called Rudy.

Rudy: What's wrong? Is everyone ok over there? But she's not due for another month! What about Eagle? And Who's watching Pandora and Hunter?

Ell : I told him everything I knew so far , that Hennesy was with the children , no news on Eagle except he was out of surgery . Breeze had died and Kari was with Mari and PoEm. Asked how things were going and if he could come , I was sure his family would be glad to see him. And Thanks for all your help Rudy .

Kari: I went to see what was happening with Marijuana...oh god, now I thought to myself... It was too soon for this! I kicked some people off of one of those chaise lounge things, and helped Ell move Mari up onto it. Po came back with a bunch of stuff, I asked what else we'd need, and went to get it.

I scavanged everything I needed on the way back to Marijuana. I pulled some bedding off one of the beds and put it under her. I gave her some of the ice chips and prayed someone who knew something would come soon. Ell was just getting herself together. appoligizing for her nutty behavor. She had worked as a nurse at some time in the past. A very short time , she stressed, but she had delivered babies before.

Po': Ell was still laughing guess she couldn't stop. IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? She yelled ! She was histarical. I ran for help but it didn't seem to be important that she was having the baby on the floor . I tried to think of what to do. I ran out side and called Aiden - Help and I told him everything -about marijuana then I told him to forget it . he wasn't old enough for me to be telling these things to. Your smart what should I do!
Aiden: Po' hot water, and warm water, and clean towels and blankets..and Ice for Mari. Hope you can handle blood!
Po: Blood! Thanks , gota go.

Ell : Did you say you were in labor? I practically yelled it? I saw her friend Po' lean over and hiss at Mari- don't fuck with me! It's not funny Marijuana! - I almost laughed. Then I did laugh and couldn't stop!

Mari: Listen, it isn't funny! Po' werent' you listening when I told you my water broke... about 4 hours ago! Heard anything about Socrates or Homer? I screamed.. another contraction. I need drugs... I need the damn drugs... A DOCTOR WOULD BE NICE!

Rowena: The military came in and took over and we could go home. Sheri and I met at the briefing and went home from there. I t was dark and I wondered aloud why it had taken them so long to get there. Sheridan didn't say anything. I started to tell her how sorry I was for her loss, but she stopped me with a shake of her head. I want to help her but she wasn't ready for that yet. We drove in silence the rest of the way . We dragged our selves out of the car and I said that I would just get Christina and go .
Sheri: Row, I don't want you to just go, would you stay for awhile, unless you would be uncomfortable . Row agreed to stay for an hour or so-she needed a stiff drink! Then they would catch a cab. I just said , we'll see.

Po': I wasn't feeling anything. Over load I figured . I tried to help with whatever comfort I could give. Kari , I liked her and I just hope that what came out of my mouth was soothing . I couldn't imagine actually losing Hennesy this way , so I was clue less about how truly awful she must be feeling . I prayed that Eagle would be alright because it had been hard enough on Marijuana losing her mother and she wasn't over that yet. I sat and prayed a lot between trips to get food -drinks , that sometimes just sat. I would be so glad to see Hennesy's face, just to touch it.

Rudy: I went down to the site with my cell-phone and my notebook. I wanted to help, I convinced them to let me in, and found Ell, she would need help. She let me know which areas she had covered already, and I went to work. There were so many people here, so many families to call. Names, numbers, messages. Some of these people were not going to survive, I called thier families first, and let them talk. It was like a war-zone from the 20th century. I helped move people to different areas, depending on their condition, and I spent the next 3 days or so there, helping people get in touch with families.

Ell: I got a hold of my service and filled them in. Called my secretary and sent the messages etc. of the people I'd talked to . She would handle that . Then I got into one of those tel a port things and headed for the hospital. With fear in my heart I walked up to Mari and asked if she had seen him yet. .. and how he was. Then like a stupid fool , I started crying!

Mari: Ell..are you ok? I cringed, and grunted with yet another contraction, there wasn't any room for anyone, and at this rate I was going to have this child on the waiting room floor. Ell, calm down, please, I'm in labor, and they won't let me see him, and they don't have anywhere to put me...and then another contraction. This one put me on the floor, and I was in tears right along with Ell.

Ell: I made a really stupid mistake . I went to the concert. I was thinking about taking on yet one more client. He wanted me to see him perform and then make up my mind . All the other garbage isn't important right now. I find myself laying on a cot, under a tent. It hurts to move and I feel like I've been run over, maybe I have. The nurse, I think she is a nurse, doesn't know anything I ask about. I find my bag tucked in beside me in the cot. Of course the first thing I do is call the hospital, probably make more sense to call my husband to tell him I'm not dead! I need to find out as much as I can so ..

I have squeezed out every bit of information I can from my contacts and Am ready to get to work. It's my job control . I sign the papers she grudgingly hands me and I out of here.

I walk around the beds -I am not comfortable about this but it has to be done. I have to know. I put a smile on my face and continue . There are too many people I know here. I take notes , jot messages and phone numbers -people's names- and promise that I will do my best to get a hold of them. As I go along I think that there couldn't have been this many people there. There just couldn't have!

2399 August 6 Marijuana: Po', my water just broke... I was having contractions! It couldn't be possible, not without Eagle! I made my way to the desk, and told the nurse, that I was in labor, and If they didn't let me see Eagle before I gave birth to this one, I'd well, I wouldn't be pleasant.

Mercedes McGuire: It was just another concert, not too big a deal that it would be on tv, I'd done it before. Security was high, fans were pumped. At least most of them were fans; something was wrong, and the machine gun fire was it. Whoever was responsible, I'll never know, but I watched my family, friends shot, my husband killed, and I woke up in the hospital, they told me I'd been shot, and I told them to fuck themselves, I wasn't gonna die, they should do something for someone who really needed it. The hospital sedated me, and had me put in restraints in case I tried to leave. It was worse than my worst nightmare, much worse.

2118 Deaths: Killed by Gill: Phoenix McKay Mercer Catalina Kelly Phillip Damen Hardy Garret and Richard

Jim, Through all of our ups and downs I have never really doubted your love for me--Well , maybe when we were very young.
None of the millions of love songs written through out all of time could express the depth of my love for you.
" Forever " is the most wonderful song you have ever written.
Jim, as long as I have you and my music I have everything I need to make my life complete.
If I should lose either one of you I only hope that I would be able to find the strength to go on with my life.
I am now and always shall be "in" love with you. You make everyday fresh and new and comfortable for me. I only hope that you have truly been happy with me.(I know you have)

Bye Skye Blue King Dugan

Hadass and David Prescott missing! Last seen at a lake in Eden. They were joking around and David dragged Hadass into the water soaking the two of them. Hadass came out of the water, kicked off her sandals and reaed back to overtake her brother before he could get away. They were playing a game of tag.
On shore , Hadass and Davids' neice Bridget Mercer and two male friends were building a sand castle, which they hoped to use on the cover of Bridget's and Hadasses magazine-- Nine one one was called

2369 fall College over , Aurora had gone home to the ranch. She had made herself wait until summer was over before venturing up to the cabin,her special place. Just to smell the air , renewed her spirit. If she was able to capture just a tiny bit of the majesty in her pictures,she would feel rich beyond measure. Grandpa Rain passed over that June 17,2369. IT was difficult saying goodbye to him, hard for everyone. Rain had run away after his wife, Grandma Snow,died,leaving everyone behind including his 1/2 brother Thunder. Years later when Rain finally returned it was to discover that Thunder had died . Rain never recovered from the guilt he felt about not having spent that time with his brother.

2370 Aurora and Gail(divorced from Defan(?) , bought a house. Breeze and Eagel built a darkroom for them. Gail and Peyote' were having an affair , it ended when Peyote' wouldn't or couldn't fully commit. He wanted to return to Montana and the Paper.
Someone broke into the house spreading excrement through out. The man was someone Aurora dated only once. She rebuffed him and this was his way of repaying her. She, Aurora, was dating several men at the time and Steve Garin was one of them. Gail began seeing Dylan again.
The man made threats, sent nasty gifts and he finally went after Steve , burning his house down to the ground. Then the house Gail and Aurora's was assaulted once again while the frightened 3 some hid within. They were saved .

2399-2401 Denzel Jr.: I had accepted Breeze, mom loved him, he made her happy; it was good to see her with a smile on her face, rather than the faked smile I had seen so often with Dad. Dad had been clueless; I had been angry with her and Breeze at the beginning, but I realized that I had been watching mom sink into an abyss. I guess dad wasn't aware that she needed him, of course I don't assume to know everything that went on in my parents lives, but I did know that mom wasn't herself. She wasn't one to fake happiness for others, and I suppose the turn around had been when she started seeing Breeze. Nine years ago dad died, alone. He had been unable to get over mom, and he was bitter. Mom felt badly about hurting him, and at his funeral, I could see the pain in her eyes.
Now, things were worse than ever before. Breeze was killed during a concert. Aunt Mercedes was in the hospital, as was Eagle. Mom would never be the same. She had Breeze's grandchildren, and Eagle, and me, but I hadn't had any kids yet. Basically, mom had a void, that I wasn't sure could ever be filled. I began to see her fake smile again, and it killed me inside. Eagle and I didn't know if we should go see her, since we both had the luck to look exactly like our fathers, who now were both dead.

Kicking Horses and The Triggers, played for Penny's meet my friends-do. I put it that way because it turned out to be more than just her parents meeting Tony and Steve. It was one of the biggest rodeo-barbecue-shindigs the ranch had ever had. Rhett Miller was even there. The bands showed up a day ahead of time, no problem. Claudia's minor crush on guitar member Jamie Asher turned into love , for her. Jamie discovering that the stray kitten he had become attached to was actually Claudia, realized that was the reason her eyes and movements has held him fixed on her over the last few days. His phobia had caused nightmares and his worst nightmare had been realized. He ran to escape it. He continued with the Band on tour, his Ceritan phobia spreading to include all cats. When he walked down the street or performed he could tell the cats from the humans. The cats had her face, for him at least. He could not escape it. She watched him through their eyes and she knew everything about him. Everything he did or thought, she knew. It terrified him. After a month of this his mind wrapped its self around another idea . If she was always here for him then he had always to be with her, in her mind. If she could look out of all those eyes, then certainly he could look in at her. He started his plan of attack : Faze 1 was ignore all cats. Pretend they didn't exist. It was hard at first, then in the second week he started noticing changes in their behavior. After that he was right back where he started. Stage 2 Change in strategy, he would ignore and try to forget them altogether. It was amazing what his mind could do, totally amazing. Stage 3 Took over one day when he noticed this beautiful woman. Her hair was the lightest of browns and it matched the color of her eyes. The eyes were open like those of a deer. Lips were full. Eyes you could trust and he locked his eyes with hers.

I can't remember which kids you said were born at the same time, and in trying to fix things to make sense, I screwed it all up I think. check your notes on Po and Mari's kids (not Hunter, he didnt' exist originally)

Me: They seem to be fine. I was going to ask you about changing some of them. They don't seem logical. Considering other events.
I don't think Eagle and Mari would have waited that long between children
Don't think Po' and Hennesy would have waited another 4 yrs after getting married to have at child . Two years, I can see but not four, then two and the next one ,

we should talk before we switch things

OH , do you know this Sophia person? under the date for her joining the family I have Aiden in ( ) Not sure what that is supposed to mean???

where Mari talks about not being able to get a hold of anyone ; you have mom there you might want to change it to dad. didn't know if you'd appreciate my changing it. (she is already dead, you reminded me )

I need to check to see if Latham already died

***Russell is Ceriton?*** and if not, then how is claudia a kitten? and if so, then how come Dionne didn't get pregnant the first time he kissed her?.... I'm confused!!! oh, and are you sure you have the right Claude? HELP!!!!

2404 December 20 Sophia joined the Cash family

2400 July 23 Po'Em Cash wed Hennesy Carter

2402 January Po'Em preg.

2404 October 12 Remington Carter born to Hennesy and Po'Em

2403 September 16 Dionne' McGuire King and Russell Chandler wed.

2404 October 28 Twins -Claudia and Penelope Chandler born to Dionne and Russ

2402 June 18 Chablis born to Marijuana and Eagle Monroe

2402 June 7 Marilyn Carter born to Hennesy and Po'Em

2398 June 18 Brian Doyle King wed Sheridan Pierce mead

2398 October 3 Elijah King born to Sheridan King and Brian Doyle (Brien's bio.child)

2389 April 28 Roxanne Bradford Cash born to Latham and Anita Cash

2400 August 15 Allison King born to Sheridan and Brian Doyle King

2396 September. 9 Hunter Monroe to Marijuana and Eagle Monroe

2394 July 19 Pandora Monroe born to Eagle and Marijuana Monroe

2394 May 15 Aiden Mitchell Cash born to Sarah and Henry Cash

2397 April 8 Christina DeLuciano born to Rowena and Arimonti' DeLuciano

2399 August 7 River Monroe born to Eagle and Marijuana Monroe

2410 April 3 Alisa stared at the paper in disbelief. The headlines read, Landmark Bar destroyed in bombing. The story went on to say that the man responsible was the brother of Otis who had been shot dead by police while trying to abduct his girlfriend. The girlfriend being the target for revenge in the bombing lived above the bar. The same source of the information being a detective March. Detective March was also quoted as saying that an arrest was eminent. Alisa picked up the phone and called Justine.
Justine talked briefly with Alisa and then Frankie letting them know she was fine.
Actually she was scared to death and had no place to live, again. The police wanted to put her in jail to keep her safe. Denzel Jr. said she wasn't going . They had done nothing to protect her even though she'd received a death threat. The police were a day late! Now his place was in ruins and it was just by luck that they were alive!
She had felt safe,laying next to him on the sofa just a few short hours ago. Safe enough to fall asleep. Denzel Jr. was right about her drinking, she had to cut back. If she hadn't been so out of it maybe the bar could have been saved. Her reactions had been so slow and her brain so dulled that she would surely be dead now if not for Denzel. She could lose her job if she wasn't careful her reputation needed to be guarded. Maybe they would adjust their PR and shade her reputation just slightly. Sooner or later someone would recognize her and this story would become bigger news.
Where would she live now and what would Denz do? She need not have worried about Denzel Jr., he always landed on his feet.

2410 June Justine had managed to cut down the amount of alcohol she consumed to 3 drinks a day, sometimes less. It was a miracle that Denzel and Justine were still alive. She had been there last night, when there were at least a dozen people attending a party Justine was giving.(Alisa speaking)

2312 October 20 Born Ariana Monroe--Wed. Chandler Harper March 14, 2346

2310 October 12 Born Breeze Monroe died August. 6 2399 Gunned down during televised concert.
Others who died were Socrates Hunter-survived by his wife Chrissy(they were wed. June 2398) and a child born march 19,2399

Also killed: Kit Dean and Duncan, Evangeline and husband Ben, Clay, Kendall, Anna and David Walker, Brooks dad, Peggy and Joy and Austin among others too many to list. Among those in hospital: Homer Hunter, Latham and Anita Cash, Eagle Monroe, Mercedes,

2428 middle of May

Rowena: Her thoughts turned to the man, Arimonti' DeLuciano was while alive. Rowena yearned for that man. She found it so hard to fall in love with any man and just when she had begun to let go of Ari, here he was asking her to share eternity with him. Vexed with herself, she shook the idea away. Things would not be as before,how could they?

She heard his voice calling to her and prepared to go. It was two months since he had first appeared to her. During that time she had taken the opportunity to update and revise all plans and records. Her affairs in order, letters written and courage collected, she went to join her husband.

She found him in his coffin and like the true actress she was she played the part and after driving the stake through his heart, she leapt onto the newly sharpened opposite side of the same stake. Her aim was exact for she dare not take any chance of she, herself, being a vampire. The ceritans were all healthy with very little damage done to them. If they hadn't been she would have had to use plan B and expose all of them to sunlight. I love you was all she could say to Ari , as her weight buried the stake deeper still into his body.

2398-2399 Addison, now Senator Mead, was appalled with the direction his mother's life had taken. He completely disapproved of the man she had chosen to love. What kind of career did he have. Everything about the man was questionable. He was a womanizer. How could she have trusted him enough to marry him? Addison was sure that after the first year, if not sooner, Brian would be, pardon the expression, screwing around. Addison had openly voiced his doubts. Sheridan informed him that if Brian were any other man Addison's doubts might be valid but, in this case they were not. She loved Addison but, if he continued to speak this way about her husband in their own home, Addison would not be welcome there. Addison remained skeptical.

2399 August 6 Hennesey: Pandora woke up as soon as Marijuana walked out the door with Po'. She was asking for her mom, I told her that mommy went to go see daddy. Panda replied with daddy's working....mommy was watching on tv, what happened? I didn't know what to tell her... I don't know hon, do you want to watch a movie? NO Henney, I want MOMMY! Her screaming woke Hunter, who then also came out screaming, for Mari and Eagle. This was going to be hard. It would be worse if their daddy didn't come home safely with their mom. I let them stay up- playing and what not, until they both fell asleep again.

2399 August 6 Kari: I was standing off-stage, when Breeze was shot, they wouldn't let me go to him, he lay there, bleeding; shots were going off all over the place, and Breeze was lying on the stage, bleeding to death. I heard screaming, and bullets, and more screaming, all I wanted was Breeze.

Security gathered together thier equipment and rushed to get to those onstage, and pull them to safety. It was too late, Breeze was dead. I collapsed, and held him, all the way to the hospital I stayed with what was left of my love. I looked for Eagle, Mercedes, I looked for Chardonnay, but she had been killed in March this year.

Sheri: I was dead tired and the sun was just starting to rise . We still weren't done. Hospitals were full and they had set up make shift ones , all over the place. I found myself operating under conditions I hadn't seen in a long time. I felt my mother's presence within me and kept going. would this ever end?

Rowena : While on the move we, Sheri and I, called the powers that be to see where they could use us the most. No sense going where we weren't needed.
They need us on site ,at the concert venue. I knew that I would be able to handle this MASH type work environment, I was not sure about Sheri. I don't know where she learned it but I was sure she had done this before. We were going to be separated soon, I knew. Doctors were in short supply around here. I gave her a hug, she had been a good friend to me. I knew other women just couldn't handle friendships like ours, and I thanked her. She hugged me back and whispered thank you. There wasn't any more time and I wasn't sure I wanted to know what she was thanking Me for. The Rest is just a blur of bodies. I kept working trying not to look at the faces. I knew, that there were friends and family here and sometimes I wanted to scream, like Sheri had earlier. Shots could still be heard ringing through the air. I Prayed that I would live through this and see my baby again.

2399 August 6 Brian: I was comfortable and ready to watch the concert of a lifetime. The kids were in bed, Row had come over with Christina; also in bed, and we were ready. Then in the middle of the show, first Breeze, and then everyone was being shot down as we watched, Sheri screamed; we had just watched her parents killed. We checked on the kids, and I kissed my wife, and my best friend, for what may have been the last time, they left to go help, doctors would be needed.

2399 August 6 Sheridan: Children in bed recorder ready and drinks in hand . We sat down to watch the Mega show, Brian ,Rowena and I. About half way through is when it started. It was horrible! People were being shot ,there was blood everywhere and Breeze Monroe had been the first . He was performing when it started. They were shooting everyone , everywhere. I thought, that we knew every person there. THEN I saw my parents being shot! I could not wrap my mind around it , couldn't grasp the scope of what was happening in front of me ! I heard someone scream quite close to me , it might have been me. I wanted to go to my parents I couldn't just sit here! The cameras still seemed to be running, capturing the whole of this event and all I seemed to be able to do was sob while my husband held me in his arms .

Rowena seeded to get herself together much sooner than I. She was saying that doctors would be needed and she and I could help that way. I looked at her and then at Brian and nodded . Brian would have to stay with the children. We all went into check on them.
I kissed my husband with the knowledge that I might never see him again, and went to get my bag . I hope that while I was gone He kissed Row too. Then we left.

Aside from being mom to Panda and Hunter, being pregnant, and trying not to be like the other wives; who were constantly calling about their husbands for one reason or another;I spent much time keeping our private lives private. In January of 2399, I called Ell for a reason other than being pregnant. My tires had been slashed, which I hadn't thought to be too bad, considering what had happened to others; Eagle had been poisoned just a year ago while we were on the Whale. The next day though, I came home with Pandora and Hunter, and found my clothes slashed up. I called Ell, and this time I told her it was an emergency, someone had been in the house, I would be at my dads with Panda and Hunter I called the cops, not much help if you asked me, and when Eagle got there, we decided that we needed a better security system, for the new house.

It was August later that year and there was a huge concert, it was being televised, our new security system could not protect him there, or any of the other performers for that matter (Pandora and Hunter had gone to bed early). I watched in horror as gun-fire sprayed the stage, I was paging Ell, but she had so many people calling her I didn't expect a swift response. I couldn't get ahold of dad, or much of anyone for that matter, they were all there, working! Breeze was dead, Eagle I didn't know for sure, I didn't know anything for sure, I just wanted to leave to go there, make sure everyone was ok. I called Po'Em, she'd be right over. Hennesy would stay with the kids, and she would help me find Eagle. Kari called while we were driving around aimlessly. She was a mess, but she told us which hospital to go to. It was sooo crowded, I looked for Kari, Ell, anyone who knew something... I finally got through to the main desk, and asked where Eagle was... The nurse directed me to the waiting room, he was in surgery. Everyone was in the waiting room, some spattered with blood still. I was informed that Eagle was out of surgery, but Socrates was still in critical condition.

Char: We talked . I suggested that she forget about the stress of building a house and for now make adjustments around the property they already owned.
We would go shopping another day and next time she talked to him she could try it out on Eagle. I didn't see a problem. I kissed my daughter, arranged for them to come for dinner on Tuesday and left to catchup with Rudy.

2397-2400 During this time Po'Em felt she was in crisis. She decided she needed to live the normal life. She sold the Whale to Hennesy and left it .

2400 July 23, The minister said : I pronounce you , Hennesy Carter and you Po'Em Cash, husband and wife. What God has joined together let no man turn asunder. They kissed , fireworks soared and the world did not come to an end.

2402 Marilyn Carter was born to Po'Em and Hennesy Carter

2404 October 12 Their second child, Remington arrived.

Po'Em finally had her dream , The Whale in the water. She had all her friends everyone she could think of She invited . Her casino , restraunt ,hotel. It was a Blow up success! She only booked 6months ahead, in case her plans changed. She was in Heaven. Her mom and dad had both helped her so much , that she didn't know how to thank them.
Now, she lived here and she could be with Hennesy whenever and wherever they wanted and Duncan. Whom ever she wanted. She was her own woman.
By the end of the first year the Whale was in the black and Hennesy was her man, he said so. She took the Whale into a new direction by hiring girls. They were treated with respect and were very well paid and were not expected to do anything they they felt was perverse. They learned not to even try to play Po'Em.
She enjoyed Hennesy , he was funny, loved sex with her and he wasn't afraid to share with her. She never crossed the line he drew in their relationship.
Then one day in 2396, Hennesy left the Whale and her and went away . Po'Em never knew why and never asked -him. Duncan was still with her for the first 6 months , then feeling that po' would never be with or marry any one man, he found someone of his own. Po managed to handle that . It was almost 6 Months that she started looking for someone else . A steady man of her own. She went to Marijuana for help and was rewarded with Matthew. They had been together 2 weeks, when Hennesy came back into her life.