"Oh, Ev, of course I will," she said at one point, sounding touched. Finally, she handed the phone over to me."Congratulations, Ev. I couldn't be happ...er for the two of you." I told her."Thanks, Pat. We'll talk more in a minute, but right now, I want to hand the phone over to Vince. He wants to talk to you first." Hey, Vince," I said to him as soon as soon as he got on the phone. "Congratulations, and like I just told Evie, I'm very happy for you both." Thanks, Pat. That means a lot. So ... I. Sip your tea. Then I'll show you to aroom you can stash your things, and you can go with me to help out thisafternoon." Ah, help out?" Of course. I volunteer down at the local mission cooking, and servinglunch for the less fortunate." I'm....not much of a cook," Sara admitted. "And I am supposed tobe....laying low, as Jamie put it." Well, you don't have to actually cook, dear," Penelope waveddismissively as she finished up her own tea. "But you can help serve."As to the rest, why, goodness, you. Others consisted of a fairy and Alice-in-Wonderland, with a little work.Her problem was Sam's costume. At least it was until she found, one the last table, a medallion answering to the description of Debbi's medallion. She had to have it at any price. She looked and it was marked down to 1 dollar. Sold! to the lady with the bunny suit.Cindy, excited now she had the legendary medallion, ran back to the table where she'd seen the fairy costume to buy it but, on her way she found a Cinderella ball. He made small talk as he examined her, but she could not keep her attention focused. The music seemed to be getting more intrusive, and the doctor seemed to be speaking more quietly. It wasn’t long before he apparently stopped talking altogether. Her eyes were closed, though she did not remember closing them, and her thoughts seemed filled by strange cold, metallic images. The metallic images were later joined by a voice, calling to her. The voice finally succeeded in pulling her from her.