True to form, Aimée, Rebel, and Leigh-Anne all walked into the dining room in time to hear Chianna’s last question, as well as Jed’s answer, as he still held out his hand palm up, with the bright blue capsules containing The Knowledge.
Aimée feigned a stage whisper from the side of her mouth: “I told you there was no hurry….”
Rebel just smiled and shook her head, winking at Chianna as she caught her glance.
Leigh-Anne, clearly amused, simply changed the subject. “This would probably be a good time to start showering and cleaning up. If that’s OK with you, where do we go?”
“Let me show you; it’s at the end of the hall. We’re very proud of what we have built in there. We did a lot of horse-trading and foraging to get what we wanted.”
Chianna got up and walked over to the door and opened it. She made a sweeping gesture with her right hand as she did.
Aimée and Rebel followed the two of them.
“Ta-da! Ladies, I hope this will help you forget that we are on the edge of the Post-Apocalyptic Everglades. The closet is filled with oils, emollients, soaps, bath salts, candles and incense. Much of it was gathered and prepared by me. The water is very hot, by the way, and we even have a steam jet over here.”
“The floor is unglazed tile, and there is a drain in the center. In addition to the commode, there is a bidet. Elliot couldn’t resist it…he really does everything he can to spoil me…I thought I could have done without it, but it was part of a deal we arranged when we got the tub, and all the marble, and I have to admit, I’m glad he did.”
“Holy shit! The Three Winds blurted simultaneously.
A redwood bench ran along one wall.
“What? No togas?” Rebel laughed. “Just kidding…I saw something like this in a mansion in LA once; one of the producers for Cal-Vista owned a house where we shot a film, and it wasn’t nearly as nice as this.”
“I gotta say, I am really impressed, but Aimée and I better wait until after everybody else is finished before we go and use up all the hot water.”
Rebel gave Chianna a knowing look as she gave Amy’s buttocks a soft squeeze.
“Y’all can draw straws to decide who goes first, but don’t worry about the hot water. We have a five-hundred gallon cistern that is initially solar heated, and stays quite warm year-round, which is then boosted up to one hundred twenty five degrees with an electric heater that also produces steam if you like.” Chianna looked like a proud parent on graduation day as she showed off the bathroom.
“I already turned on the generator before we started to eat, so it’s ready to go…and we have never run out of hot water, even if we were entertaining, so be our guests.”
“Elliott wasn’t joking when he said we have almost everything we need or want, and I can’t think of anyone with whom we would rather share our good fortune…besides, this is a big weekend to be enjoyed by all. Samhain, a full moon, a lunar eclipse, a Blood Moon, and a blue moon….”
Chianna’s voice trailed off as Rebel interjected:
“You know darlin’, we have a lot in common…more than I realized. We’ve been on the road so much lately than I haven’t paid much attention to the moon and the stars, but I think we have more than a few things to share this weekend…after we get clean and refreshed.”
The Wiccan references did not go unnoticed by Rebel.
“I’m really looking forward to it, and thank you so much for your hospitality; it says a lot about your character, and I admire that.”
Rebel, who was usually short on words and long on delivery, was clearly in no hurry as her rich drawl resonated off the marble. As she finished, she gently touched Chianna’s forearm.
(“So she has a soft spot after all.” thought Chianna, “Well good; maybe I can trust her. I could use an ally.”)
(“Of course you can. I only play tough when I think I have to, and I dare say, you are a pretty easy read…I mean that in a good way. Once you get to really know me, you’ll feel more comfortable with the intuition we share.”)
Rebel looked deeply into Chianna’s eyes as she returned her gaze.
(“Well OK then…I hope you’re right.”) Chianna thought. She did not seem alarmed by the way their thoughts were so clearly conveyed between them.
(“If you can trust yourself enough to hear me, you will know I am right, and that this is as real as it gets.”) Rebel knew her words had hit their mark.
Both women stood there for just a moment longer. Sometimes it is hard to trust your heart to hear what words can only imply, if you have just the right chance with just the right person. To know….
(You know I have tried The Knowledge twice…but the fact that you can already hear me…read me if you will, means you’ve got a big head-start on this whole process. I’m really looking forward to the chance to share our knowledge.”)
(“How do you know I will agree to take it?”)
(“Because I already know…and so do you. It’s in our future.”)
“Ladies if you don’t mind, then, I’ll go first.” If Leigh-Anne was privy to their intuitive dialogue, she gave no indication of it.
(“Blessing Be”)
(“Merry Met”)
Namasté
नमस्ते
Chazz Vincent
08/03/2017
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