They were all drunk. One of the other girls took the other car and the remainder of their party, and followed a couple of miles behind. They all knew ...here they were going, so there was no need to try to keep up. The second car, however, was stopped by a cop who'd noticed their erratic driving and they were carted off to the drunk tank. Mom dropped her head into her hands and sobbed as she listened and I, too, wished that Linda had been stopped by the cops. Anyway Papa Ralph continued, Linda. No one's going to hurt you." May be not physically but they may say some pretty horrid things about us though." Sticks and stones may break my bones..." Maybe but still jolly unpleasant." I don't think it'll last long and if it does we may have to threaten to sue for slander." Hmm. Kiss me, my sweets."Henry did so, gently, lovingly and at length. Samantha fell asleep in his arms.The next morning Henry peeped round the curtain. There was a sizeable crowd of photographers waiting quietly and. .. Half an existence away, in a space not truly real, the old man sat back from his crystal ball and smiled broadly as the boy's outraged voice rang throughout the wizard's study. The wolf at his feet cringed from time to time at a few particularly vile utterances. He looked up at the wizard. Was that really necessary? he thought to the old man. The wizard absently patted the wolf's flank and his face became solemn. "Unfortunately, yes. That boy has more potential power than any. Katherine was already tuning out of the conversation, she had other things on her mind.Katherine had to tell her parents, they needed to know and they would find out soon enough, but she had to tell them that she had no idea who the father was. In fact, she had no idea exactly when she conceived, although she knew it had to be around the Christmas Party.She was certain it wasn't Sam, which in itself would please her father, but was Callum any better? The more she thought about it, who would he.