"Jessie, I want you to call Daddy and tell him to get me and Jason a ticket. I will be there for your birthday. I have two days, so you better tell ...ad to hurry." "Do you have to bring Jason?" Jessie loved me, but he hated the idea of me bringing my boyfriend with be, because he was afraid I would spend all my time with Jason instead of him. Jessie sighed. "I'm just kidding. I'll call Dad and tell him to get you and Jason a ticket and a rental car so you will have a ride from the. Where?”“Over there, Moose. See it?”The two men staggered slowly toward the girl, making slow circles around the strange thing on the sawhorse, pointing at her and frowning and belching and spitting and poking her with the stick-canes they both carried.Julie kept silent. She was terrified!“Is this thing real?”“I dunno,” Moose burped.Zeke raised his cane and jabbed the girl hard in her tummy.“Oof! Ouch! Don’t hurt me!” Julie gasped weakly.Zeke jumped backward, almost fell. Moose grabbed his. “Good,” she said. “We need to make a run into town.”I sat next to the fire. If they were going into town, I could use Magic to turn this place upside-down and back again before they returned. “Have fun with that.”Kelly turned to me and smiled. “We includes you.”I looked up. “Er, that’s not a good idea.”She sauntered over, pushed me back into the chair, and crawled onto my lap. “Why not?” she asked with a purr.I couldn’t see past her to know how Alyssa reacted to this. “I can’t take the chance. Several times he saw Adrianne pacing by the patio door. Shortly before noon he called the Judges number and Adrianne answered the phone.As soon as she answered he started talking, "Ok Adrianne, we're done with this little game. Come to the Rat's Tail Inn on Route 63 outside of town. It's public and there's usually a good crowd there on Saturday afternoon so you'll be safe from me. I'll give you the disks and the pictures that I've printed out and I'll have my laptop with me so you can see that.