“Excellent.I also have a donut shop.Will you eat on camera?”
“This is sounding like a fetish site, but if there is a steady paycheque in it, sure.Just get me the visa, and I will be at your disposal for twelve months.”
He nodded.“I await your paperwork.”
Breen nodded.“Okay, Kes.Get me off this thing.The locals are offering me some fruit.”
A face appeared in the projection, and a woman blinked slowly.“Wow.You look like Nelith.Xeva!Come here and look at this.”
Kes started laughing.“I know which island you are on.Ask Dark Resonance to take you home.He’s a brother-in-law, I guess.I will know for certain this weekend.”
Another head came around the corner, and a familiar face smiled.“Keska!How are you doing?”
“Pretty good.With my daughter and my...uh...partner and about to meet my other mother in the next few minutes.”
“Who is it?”
“Aluhara of the stronghold.”
“Wow.She’s good.”
“Yup.Oh, she’s here.Gotta go.Take care of Breen, and if your dude can get her home, that would be great.”
Xeva grinned.“Absolutely.You coming to the family barbecue?”
“Yup.Me and my fam.Take care, Breen.See you soon.”
Breen waved and laughed.“See you soon, Kes.”
The projector disk went dark, and Keska put it in her purse.Klauz looked at it.“What is that?”
“An invention.”
“But what is it?”
She smiled brightly at him.“Mine.”
He narrowed his eyes.“What would it take to get you to make six of them?”
She grinned and gave him the number.Klauz blinked.
She laughed.“I have a lot of money from legit patents.Lots of them.When I am ready for them to go mainstream, I will let you know.I am not even ready to test them yet.”
He smiled and nodded.“Right.I should see what’s keeping your party.”
Kessie’s eyes were shining.“Are we going to meet your sisters at the party?”
“Yup, and I am meeting them all for the first time.”She put her hand up, and Kessie squeezed it.
Klauz nodded.“Here they are.”
Keska shot to her feet as Sorooth and a male and female arrived.
“Keska, this is Aluhara and Hedoreth.Aluhara is one of your genetic donors.Aluhara, this is Keska and our daughter, Kessie.”
Keska remained locked in place.Kessie gripped her hand and pulled her around the table.“Come on, Mama.”
Keska was hauled around the table toward Aluhara, and the woman opened her arms and came in for a hug.“Hello.You are one that I was not expecting.”
