The election had come and gone, and there was still, as there always will be, corruption in all levels of the government. Langford, and others like hi..., guaranteed its perpetuity.Grif went to the Ranger's office in Bettles. When he came up to the counter, a bespectacled volunteer with a distasteful scowl on his face got up from a desk and came over to him. Reading the name from the nametag pin on his pocket, Grif greeted him, "Hi Bruce, is Darren around?" No," he replied, "He had to go to. Van Devanter had been ferrying her daughters about town all morning and afternoon. Kate was at the dressmaker’s, which was Pauline’s next stop. Mom was going to take Pauline there and drop Kate off in exchange back at this salon. Her usually billowing light-brown hair was up, held by lavender ribbons and the better half of a can of hairspray. Her fingernails and toenails were lacquered to match the hair ribbons. After some last-minute hemming and stitching her dress would be ready, also the. An intense silence permeated the air as the House of Willowpaw and the Goblin dog stared each other down for several interminable seconds. With a frightened whimper, the Kobold slowly backpedaled towards the open door, keeping her eyes on the wizard and his crew. Frelic suspected that there were more Kobolds or worse waiting out in the hall, and this one was most likely retreating to report her findings now that she knew what they faced.Frelic's heart almost stopped when the diminutive. Each letter was slightly different but they had obviously been written by filling in slots left in a template. The idiots who had filled out the template couldn't even be bothered to spell 'Wendy' right. The bank would discover the fraud in a few days time and reverse the payment into the account. The fact that the funds had been reported as cleared meant nothing. The bank was entitled to reverse the cashier's check because the payment transfer itself was fraudulent. Henry had intentionally.