"Ferguson just shook his head and said, "I don't know about you, Kris. I do know that this has already been the most remarkable hearing I have ever ha... or ever heard of. You may swear them both."Cathy took Kris in her arms and kissed her soundly, followed by Ken. He whispered, "You're doing great, little sister! Keep it up."After they were sworn and were sitting together in the witness box, and after the preliminaries had been completed, Kris asked them, "How long had you two been married when. I noticed that Thomas was working on his right hand a bit. “Did you burn yourself” I asked. “No I picked up a splinter as I was getting the wood and I think a portion of it went in deeper. The first aid kit is locked up in the kitchen so I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to fish it out.”“Mind if I take a look at it?” The paternal instinct in me sort of took over as I held out my hand. The splinter had entered the meaty part of his palm, just below the thumb. I could see a tiny dark spec in the. I nodded. There are plenty reasons over there, I told him, jerking my chin in the direction of a group of human girls who had obviously taken a liking to him, each were scantly dressed. Them? he looked over lazily, his expression almost bored. Oh, please. Look at them for fuck sake. Theyre… flimsy. Besides, he continued looking up at me, his crooked grin returning, They wouldnt know how to handle me. No? I said, folding my arms across my chest and leaning against the bar. Nope. I doubt they. As the school week came to an end on a Friday afternoon, Gerald recalled the words of the apparition he had seen on Monday morning. Halfway to his black ’98 Mercury Sable GS in the school parking lot, he turned back to the school. Once inside, he slipped into the nearest men’s bathroom and entered the first stall. “I wish,” he began softly so that none would hear. “That my clothes, my backpack, its contents, and myself are invisible to the sight of others and in mirrors.” Taking a deep breath,.