Threw Up A Rainbow
"I enjoy having a big family, but I hear that you are much the same," Lutha said with a sigh, and then she smiled at me. "But you have nothing to worry about from us."
"I never said I was worried," I said quickly, and Lutha chuckled as she stood up from her chair. "I am always just interested in the reasoning of other people that have multiple partners."
"Good. Now, I will let you get going, but I will have Connie go with you to make sure you don't get yourself in trouble. We don't fight in the city, and it is seen as something that will turn you into an outcast. Better to have Connie with you, and you can get to know her better," Lutha said as she gestured for one of the girls to come over, and the same woman with long black approached her mother shyly.
"Yes, mother," Connie said in a quiet voice before she turned and walked out of the room ahead of me, and I followed her reluctantly.