I was in the kitchen when there was a knock at the door….Betty and I had put on light tops with no bra, shorts and the cute little maids’ aprons. ...ardly functional, but we liked them…we had laughed at putting them on…’what the hell good were these things, anyway!’. Betty went to the door, and looking not unlike a group out for trick or treat were the five boys. My son included! I heard them come in and decided to make an entrance….I figured if we kept them off guard, we could keep control of. "Mummy's got to make sure that you can come to me when you're supposed to and she's got to listen to you and me over things like long hair. Otherwise there's no change. Are you happy with that?" Yes, Daddy. It means that I can come to you properly now." That's right." Good. Where are we going now?" To have lunch at a pub. You remember Miss Harris and Mr du Puys." Yes." They're coming too." I like them." So do I. Miss Maynard, your dentist, is coming as well."Larry looked less sure about. These were people who lived in tight-knit bands that survived only by working together. They knew that people that couldn't get along with the group were a threat to their survival. They also knew that a leader needed to be strong and see to the needs of the entire group and not just one faction. As the lone adult male they accepted my decision. The only thing that they questioned was how I'd done it. All of them believed that I was a powerful shaman who could control spirits and make them do. In the event it had been very quiet. It was a sleepy village, and perhaps he had worried without reason, but he would be glad to see an end to the evening whatever. The whiskey no doubt encouraged the wave of lassitude that washed over him as he sat on the sofa starting to nod, but it helped him forget Tina, and the emptiness of the house since she had gone. He had the vision again; the vision that constantly danced through his mind. She stood in a cornfield in an airy blue summer dress,.