"Mister Mahoney and Mister Nelson to see Ms. Dirovich," Pete announced.We waited for five minutes before a fifty-ish woman with gray hair and a stout ...igure appeared in the lobby."Hello, Pete. Nice to see you again. And you must be Geoffrey Nelson," she said, turning to me with her hand out.I shook it and nodded, but said nothing. I was going to obey Pete's instructions to the letter. He turned to me and grinned, acknowledging my willingness to follow his direction.We entered a very nicely. ”I nodded. I now had some new hardware, a cast on my left leg from the knee down to my foot. Before the operation I had been told that after they sewed up the partial tears, my foot and ankle would need to be immobilized for at least a month. After that, I would begin physical therapy and rehab. Hopefully, I would be able to lose the cast before we took that adult vacation Kelly was thinking of.An hour or so later the surgeon showed up. The surgery had been successful. I had four partial tears. "You think my pranks are lame? Al thinks it is hilarious tomake my Mom say 'funbags keepers' instead of 'bra'." Dude, really?" Victoria asked."I admit that wasn't my finest prank," Al admitted with a weak chuckle."Clarissa, why don't you go on." Fine," Clarissa said and pushed up her glasses again. "I am one of theweaker trickster mages. A power level between two and three. I cancreate localized areas that amplify vibrations."Seeing the confusion on Mercy's and Victoria's face Al jumped in.. I forced myself to think of the aftermath instead - the wonderful five years we had shared, the birth of our daughter, and the love we shared every day. I looked at the 2 carat engagement ring on my left hand and remembered the day he gave it to me.We had just left his meeting with Helene. He returned to the comfortable waiting area where I was sitting in a large overstuffed leather chair. I had been trying, without success, to read the paper for the past half hour, my cold, untouched coffee on.