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where breakfast was waiting, but Cherish wasn’t.
    Chapter 3
    Hades
    She had gone to a beauty salon for the first time since her father had died. She wasn’t hiding anymore so she was going to look her best. Keven would never recognize her without her hair covering half her face. She had needed to fade into the background because Keven’s friends were criminals, some were even convicted rapists, but now she was free of them and him. She left the salon and went to buy some clothes that looked good and actually fit. She changed into them at the store and threw away her old ones. She was going to get rid of all of them because she wanted no reminders of the last three or so years of hell. She bought some makeup and put it on in the car barely recognizing the girl who looked back at her in the mirror. She and Fabian’s new life was starting now and if she never saw Keven again, it would be too soon.
    She drove to the hanger and walked in , the smells of breakfast still lingered in the air though the food was long gone. She should have eaten in town but fear of being caught made her hurry everywhere she went. She might look different but the fear was still there. She grabbed some stuff out of the fridge and fixed herself a small breakfast in one skillet. She wasn’t paying attention as someone snuck up on her and she was caught in a grip of steel. Her training kicked in and she was lucky he hadn’t expected a small female to put up a fight. Fear spiked her adrenaline giving her extra strength as she relaxed putting him at ease before turning in his loosened hold and kneeing him in the crotch. As her attacker dropped to the floor writhing in agony, she realized it was Hermes.
    “Oh my God, I’m so sorry but you shouldn’t sneak up on a girl like that. You’re lucky I didn’t hit you with the hot frying pan or pour the burning grease on you.”
    He moaned but showed some signs of recovery. “I don’t feel very lucky.” He managed to rasped.
    When he seemed well enough, she helped him to the couch where he sat staring at her. She smiled at him seeing the approval in his eyes. “You like?” Sh e asked and he nodded either unable or unwilling to speak. She wanted his approval too much and she knew no good would come of it.
    “When will we move on and where do you intend to take us?” Hermes asked. She had expected him to ask much sooner than he had.
    “I have options but I thought you might have some input. Fabian and I are free to go anywhere, we have no one but each other. We have no place to be but together.”
    “ What is he to you?” Hermes asked.
    “He is my little brother. My father tasked me with seeing to his welfare when he died. Keven was my older half brother. I tried to look out for him and steer him right but he was a lost cause. I am sorry for the pain he caused you. He is beyond saving and I know now I can’t help him no matter what I do.” Cherish explained hoping he would understand and he seemed to.
    “ Keven is the guy that was in charge?” He asked and she nodded. “I have a suggestion but I want you to hear me out before you object.” She could see red lights go off in her head since he already expected an objection but she remained quiet waiting for the axe to fall. “I need to go back to Washington D.C. to contact my people. I admit it will be dangerous, but if we make it to them we will all be safe.”
    “It is the first place Keven will look and he will be looking.”
    “I know, but it is the only way I know to contact my people.”
    “You keep saying your people, but you don’t sound or look foreign except for your eyes. You don’t really look Indian either, so who are your people?”
    “You don’t know who I am?” She shook her head wondering what she had missed. “I am a god, do you recognize me now?”
    “No, is that some kind of band? I got rid of the TV because it encouraged Keven to leave me and Fabian alone. He would get bored and bother someone else.”
    “Okay,