There has to be some trace of her somewhere.”Xander readjusts his weight on the stone floor.“Too many traces actually. That's what's making her di...ficult to track.”“What do you mean?”“In the last 24 hours, she's hit up every major hiding place in the area that we set up since coming here. Including a few of the former ones we've abandoned and the secret ones we set up for you in case of a slayer apocalypse of some kind. Each time she takes some supply but leaves the rest of them behind. I'd say. He suspectedthat a long-term effect might be undue favoritism by fathers for theirfirst-born children, the ones the mothers had given them the potion for,but he didn't have enough longitudinal data yet; if so, he recommendedanother use of the potion for each subsequent baby. And he includedsome testimonials from a couple of satisfied customers.I had less success finding a potion that would weaken the maternalbond, and I was relieved. I hadn't really liked the idea, though I'dforced myself to. Nothing would work though, my mouth just refused to obey my brain, mum obviously saw the distress in my eyes and reached over to take my hand,"Stay still Johnny" she said, her voice threatening to break, "You've got a broken jaw, it's been wired up"Even turning slightly to look at her hurt me, my neck muscles protested, even my shoulders hurt, I made a writing gesture and she passed me a pencil and pad, obviously put there for this very reason.I wrote, "Are you all right mum?"She knew what I. She was the last one to finish and even passed on desert.Several other business people and family friends we knew stopped by the table. Some of them stopped to see how Jenny was doing and others because they recognized Jake and wanted to say hello.Frank Rustone and his family came in and Frank made a turn as soon as he saw Jake. They were old friends from high school, plus Jake had used QT banking as his business bank for years. All of my extended family knew Frank from the initial gym loan at.