Cyrene said then turned and looked at Virgil who
smiled at her, “I’m happy to see you Cyrene and so is
my stomach,” Virgil said and Cyrene chuckled as she hugged
him. When the hug ended Cyrene looked behind Ulysses to see his
parents, “I see you brought some people with you,”
Cyrene said and Ulysses nodded as he held his hand out to his
mother. “Cyrene this is my mother, Marguerite, mother this is
Cyrene, she’s Xena’s mother and a fantastic, generous,
loving, wise woman and great cook,” Ulysses said and Cyrene
smiled at him as she shook Marguerite’s hand. “Your son
is exaggerating some,” Cyrene said and Marguerite smiled.
“Its nice to meet you,” Marguerite said, “and
this old man here is my father, Julian,” Ulysses said as
Julian walked up next to his son.

 

 

“You better watch it before I show you just
how old I am,” Julian said to his son with a grin on his face
then grinned at Cyrene as he took her hand in his and kissed the
back of it. “It’s nice to meet you,” Julian said
and Cyrene grinned as she nodded. “And you, it is an honor to
have the King and Queen of Ithaca in my Inn,” Cyrene said,
“and it’s a very beautiful Inn. Just by looking around
it’s a lot better than most that we’ve been in,”
Marguerite said and Cyrene grinned. “Thank you, I pride
myself in keeping my Inn up and in good condition, this place means
a lot to me,” Cyrene said and they nodded. “Cyrene
where is she, where is Xena?” Ulysses asked unable to contain
himself any longer and Cyrene grinned at him. “She’s
training but she should be back in a little bit, since its time for
lunch,” she said then looked back to his parents.

 

 

“Speaking of which, the lunch rush is about
to start. So how about I get you guys a table and some rooms so you
can put your things away before you eat?” Cyrene suggested
and they grinned and nodded, “that would be great. How much
would five rooms cost?” Julian asked and Cyrene shook her
head, “don’t worry about. After all, I think of Ulysses
and Virgil as sons and therefore you are family,” she said.
“Ulysses is right, you are a nice and generous woman, but we
insist. We wouldn’t want to take away from your
business,” Marguerite said and Cyrene looked at her.
“If you insist but only your rooms, your meals and everything
else will be of no cost,” Cyrene said and Marguerite grinned
at her. “Very well, I see you’re a negotiating
woman,” Marguerite said and Cyrene grinned, “as are
you,” she said and Marguerite grinned at her.