"Maevis nodded sympathetically. "I understand that all far too well. Orgetting summoned by any nitwit mortal who knows how to read ancientMesopotami...n. I swear, it's every ten years, like clockwork. I can'teven sneeze without being summoned. If I ever find the soul who put thatsummoning spell out as a chain letter..." But if it wasn't for that summoning spell, I wouldn't be here," Marlareminded her mother with a smile."There is that," Maevis agreed, giving Marla an almost surprisingly. "I hugged her close and just held her until Millie called us to breakfast.We had another good travel day and made eighteen miles. This took us to the Little Sandy River. I found us a good spot to camp with plenty of grass, wood, and water.Millie invited Ab to have supper with us that evening and we talked a while about the desert area we were coming up to. After supper, Pris came over again. I really like this lady. She's really a nice person."So, what are your plans now?" Millie asked Pris as. I asked Henry where she went and he said she needed to use the restroom herself. Soon she returned and Henry got up and she scooted in between us in the back of the booth so we could face the stage.The band was very good. They're not professionals but just locals that jam together from time to time. They played for about an hour and a half then thanked people for coming and began packing up. Henry paid our tab and we left the bar.On the way back, Henry said that we really needed to get together. When he got back into view, his face was a mess. He was lucky if he could even see out of his eyes. He had tissue stuck in his nose to help stop the blood. His face was a black and blue mass. He slowly got dressed and left the room. It surprised me that he was even able to walk. We listened for his car to start up and leave. We figure he was headed to the hospital.We turned off the video and opened our door. We went back into his room and saw a bloodied up bathroom. We quickly disconnected the.