”+++++I don’t know when I fell asleep, but I woke up alone.Mary had sent me a text, which surprised me since I hadn’t given her my number. I gue...sed she had somehow gotten it from my phone while I’d slept._Caleb. I’m so sorry to run out like this, but I had to leave urgently. I will see you very soon and we will have that promised talk. Take care, MaryI saved her number to my contacts and noted I had another text from my mother._Caleb, I know I said come home Saturday, but skip class and come. You looked like you were starting to relax, sinking into your chair and, after a minute or two, flinging your arm across the back of mine. I had only gotten a couple lines into the massive file when I felt a soft touch on my shoulder. It couldn't have been more than a brush from a single finger, but it sent a shock through me nonetheless. I hoped you hadn't noticed. Seconds later, I felt the weight of an entire hand in the same spot. I continued flicking through the images, butterflies raging. ”Penelope had remained on the floor, not sure what to do next. Once she hears his command to stand, she quickly does and blurts out the first thing that comes into her head. “I didn’t come here for him, I came here for you.”Oh, good going. Sound like a raving maniac like the prince.“I am not at all like my son,” the king says.Quick, tell him who we are.“Right,” she mumbles. Then looking up at the king, she says, “And I am not a catgirl. I am a witch.”“Strange, because witches are all. That was in the past for me now."Then I realised over time that boys have it so much easier, and morefun, and figured I wanted to be able to do all of that too. So I wishedfor a change in my life, and, well, that's where you come in," she said."Erm, what? I can't help you with any of that," I replied.I still wasn't putting two and two together here, but I'd have probablyguessed she was just wanting me to speak to her parents or something.Why, I don't know, but it seemed the only.