“We had stoneware in the home and you’re right. It didn’t last long.”

“My mom bought those unbreakable dishes, but nothing could prevent us kids losing them. The small square bowls made too good a shovel in a pinch.”

“I can just imagine you as a small child.”

“I was a terror.”

“But shy with strangers,” he guessed.

“Yep. Teachers never believed my mom about me until I’d organized my first boycott of the cafeteria’s no-name catsup. That stuff was nasty. Or had a petition going to reinstate outdoor school when budget cuts threatened that right of passage. It didn’t usually happen until my second year in school anyway.” She sounded altogether proud of herself.

“I see, you lulled the authority figures around you into complacency and then you sprang.”

“That’s about it.”

have no problem seeing

administrators were not so insightful.” Her eyes

will be like.” Her daughters

gave him a strange look followed by a negligent shrug that wasn’t. Negligent. At least it didn’t seem

male kouros statue. “Nice to see Greek men haven’t changed

match, ancient or modern.

“I read somewhere that the aspect of a statue’s

to be used as artists’ models had

out laughing as he’d expected her to, drawing the attention of those around them. While most of it was indulgent, one serious-looking elderly man glared. And a young

woman had given him an encouraging once-over when he and Piper had first arrived at the National Museum,

beautiful companion. “That is not something you have to worry about in my bed,

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