Taking the hot packaging out of the oven she gingerly carried it to the worktop and began to eat. Without thinking she picked up the invitation again...glancing over it and read aloud,“Would like to take this opportunity to invite you to a Halloween Bash.” Abergale screwed up the muscles in her face picking up the unstamped envelope.“I can’t say I didn’t get it.” She said to herself, “She must have put it in the mail box herself.” Then deciding to think about it later threw the card across. During all this, Stephanie sank to the ground and sat, looking back and forth between her mother and me. I nodded corroboration at appropriate points. By the time Bettina had finished, Stephanie’s jaw had made best friends with her toes, and her eyebrows had vanished beneath her hairline.Stephanie looked around carefully again, and said, “This is the most fucked-up nightmare I’ve ever had. I mean, I’ve had sex dreams before, and I’ve had nightmares before, but this ... it just can’t be real.. I resolved to find a way to go to it. Then opportunity knocked by way of getting my driver's license. The only reason I was allowed to get a license and to drive was so that I could take over the chore of shuttling my younger sisters to school and to after school activities. This meant that I now had a reason not to be home immediately after school.My sixteenth birthday was on a Monday and I took my driving test. I had resolved to go to the movie on the very next day after dropping my sisters. Our family is important.Don't forget that. Besides, you and Hugh have had a long journey. WhatI have to say is important, but it can wait until tomorrow."So, it was the next morning that we finally got together, mygrandfather facing my father and me. My grandmother, sitting beside mygrandfather, was much more subdued than the previous night. Her handwas on his arm."Will, Hugh, as you may have heard, throughout my life I've had manycontacts with the kings and nobles of this realm. King Robert,.