I understood that much.And then I thought of Sheila once again, and my heart ached for her. Dammit all! Why did she have to be so beautiful? Why could...'t she be a presumptuous little wench, like Geraldine? I had no problem blowing her off. Now I had to make one of the toughest decisions of my life, and hurt a girl who'd given up everything for me.But I realized that the damage was already done. Sheila already knew she'd lost me. She already knew I'd chosen Charlotte. She'd helped me in fact.. Kathi war nach Haus gefahren und hatte ihn einfach auf der Party zurück gelassen. Sollte er doch den Abend mit seinen Kumpels verbringen! In der Zwischenzeit, meinte sie, könnte sie mich doch dafür entschädigen, dass ich meinen Samstagabend damit verbracht hätte, in ihrem Haus herumzusitzen und auf Jasmin aufzupassen? „S-s-sicher…“ stotterte ich, unsicher was sie damit meinen könnte. Sie hätte mir doch einfach das vereinbarte Geld in die Hand drücken können!Kathi drehte sich wortlos um und. .. yes...”I wasn’t sure what to do, but I was pretty sure I didn’t want the imps getting out and wreaking havoc in the neighborhood. So, I drew a new, larger circle around Annie and then drew an even larger one just outside of that. Then I placed twice as many charms in the proper places to contain both her and the imps. After that, I sat in a chair watching over her. There was nothing else I could do.I must have fallen asleep because suddenly the room was light and Annie was calling my name.. Tick-tock. I’d not even known Tara was pregnant. I only really hung around with Dominic out of the old gang and he was never much on social gossip. But I heard snippets here and there and one of them was that Tara had an eight month old son. Good for you, I thought, and there it rested for a month. Jo was already crying when I answered her call, she’d probably been crying before she even dialled the number. Tara’s son had died of SIDS in the night. I’ve no idea why she called me, particularly,.