"You want your change or is this a tip?"A broad smile crept across his face, as I walked over and took my change, mumbling thanks.Outside the drugstor..., I looked down at the envelope in my hands. It was stuffed with photographs from our vacation. I looked around for a place to sit and saw a spot down near a newspaper machine. I walked over and carefully lowered myself to the sidewalk in front of the store and crossed my legs. Then I pulled out the pictures and, one by one, flipped through the. I promised to be back in a few weeks and left with Harriet to link up with Jamal on the New Hope.My leaving was abrupt but I wanted to keep on schedule. With only a hundred of the new small missiles in my limited hold, I kissed my wives and children. In ten minutes I was a few light years past the Oort Cloud and intercepting where Jamal should be at this time. We were not off by much. With new orders given the fleet protecting the planet, we left with six other battleships that had been brought. I took a moment to recallwho I was--*I'm not just a weak woman--I've been a fighter all my life!*--and spoke with confidence. "They've told the story accurately. All I would add is to repeat thereason for what I did. They told you what I told them, which is that Idid it for Jakob, knowing the danger I was putting myself in. If you haveany questions, I'll be glad to answer."They asked me just a few, to clarify some details, and then asked me tostep outside while they came to their decision. It. " Hmm, let me check something."Ms. Beth waved her hand over Denise's head causing a faint golden glowto begin emanating from Denise's body."A shocked Denise asked. "What just happened Ms. Beth, why did I begin toglow?" I just used an enchantment detection gesture; you were exposed to somesort of enchantment." Ms. Beth, to my knowledge Tammy doesn't practice the arts or isgifted." No Denise, but she sure encountered someone that was. From theexperience that I've had for almost a century, I know.