. I had m-my annual a-appraisal today.”Her eyes were shining with excitement and joy.“And?”“I got an ‘Outstanding’!”“Oh, Grace! My pre...ious! Well done! It was deserved though, my darling.”He swung her round kissing her at the same time. At last he put her down and she looked up at him, her eyes shining brilliantly.“I told you you were a breath of fresh air after your predecessor. I’m so thrilled and so proud of you.”Her face went back into his chest and he held her to himself gently stroking. "Our dear friend Kurt here was casting when wecame in and broke his spell." She hesitated. "We thought he was introuble, and tried to help him, and wound up causing all this damage andruining his spell." I can see the residue from a misfire. It is a tainted presence here,"the spirit said looking around. "I can correct this." Can you determine what spell was being cast?" No, I was not present when the spell was being prepared in circle, so Iam unable to learn what it was." Well we think he was. When Gail returned and saw Mary's car she rushed inside to see if everything was okay. She called out for Mary and was cold cocked. She woke up naked and bound and gagged in the truck of Mary's car. He decided to go the bar and have a couple of beers. He saw Glenn sitting in the corner. He went over and offered him a beer. Glenn told him how Mary never came home, then he said I hope something nasty has happened to that bitch. He told Glenn I think something has and laughed. He asked "what about. You learn a lot about yourself, things you would never know, without really having "options." It was a very important growth period for me. I realized Alex was purely "new relationship energy" and that type of thing never lasts forever. It's best to keep that in mind ladies...if you can. I'm so grateful I did. Alex wanted more. He wanted to own me. That would've been the death of our fun and I knew it. Plus there were little annoying things about Alex that constantly reminded me why I loved Jim.