“Where’s mom?’ Ulysses asked,
“she’s getting dressed. If you haven’t learned it
yet son, women take forever when getting dressed,” Julian
said and Ulysses nodded. “I’m beginning to see
that,” he said as he thought about Xena still getting ready
with Aphrodite. Half an hour before they reached the docks,
Marguerite walked up top since she was finally ready. “You
look beautiful,” Julian said to his wife as he wrapped his
arm around her waist and she grinned as she leaned into him.
“Thank you,” she said then placed a kiss on
Julian’s cheek. “Where’s Xena?” Marguerite
asked Ulysses who was sitting down playing cards on a barrel with
Virgil, “I imagine she’s still getting ready, though,
after all this time I can’t imagine what’s left to
do,” Ulysses said and Marguerite grinned at her son.
“You’d be surprise,” she said and he nodded as he
placed a card on the barrel and he and Virgil continued playing
until they were ten minutes away and by then they could definitely
see the island.

 

 

Meanwhile on Ithaca, when the message that Julian
and Marguerite sent was received, they began to plan for the
dinner. No one knew what the dinner was about, they just knew that
it was a special dinner, so things were prepared and the cooks were
going all out. “Camilla,” Victoria called as she walked
out into the garden where Camilla sat underneath a tree reading a
scroll and she looked up when Victoria called her. “Have you
heard?” Victoria asked, “about?” Camilla asked as
Victoria came and sat down next to her. “The dinner?”
Victoria asked and Camilla nodded, “yea, mother and father
sent a message to have everything prepared for a special dinner but
they didn’t say what the dinner was for.” Camilla said
and Victoria looked at Camilla for a moment before she looked down
and began fiddling with the grass.

 

 

“I heard through the wind that he’s
brought her back with him. Do you think this dinner has something
to do with them?” Victoria asked and Camilla hunched her
shoulder, “I don’t know. I doubt it, whatever Ulysses
has with this Xena person can’t last long, she’s a
commoner and if I know one thing about my parents, they won’t
let him get too involved with her,” Camilla said and Victoria
nodded as she let out a breath and all was quiet for a few minutes
until Victoria spoke again. “Do you think it’s wrong to
want to know more about her?”