Go and find somewhere nice to take Krista for supper. It’s Christmas Eve. Remember? And stop fretting. I’ll look after Tom. I’ll make sure that ...e’s properly fed and watered. I’m sure he’ll give you the best TripAdvisor rating ever.’ ‘Is Herman still worrying?’ I said when she had rung off. ‘Well, he’s like that. He likes everything to be just so,’ Noelle said. ‘Fair enough,’ I said. ‘And it is just so. Just perfectly so.’ And it was. The wine at lunch may have had something to do with it, but. When theres a knock at the door, I get up wondering if its the food we ordered, its my ex with that look in her eyes that I know she wants to fuck, I smiled at her "rachel nows not really a good time I have friends over" she looked at me for a moment then smiled "the more the merrier" she said.We went back to the living room and my friends looked up hoping it was the pizza we ordered instead seeing rachel, "well theres been a change of plan boys" I said "it seems rachel here wants us to gang. .." He did not want to be jolted back to reality, yet. "Roger!!" "A mortal has to read the spell." "Is that all?!" Roger smiled like a small kid about to get a new toy. ("(HA--)Roger! You can't!) But when he looked at the parchment, "It's in another writing." "It's Ancient Babylonian." "I don't read Ancient Babylonian." His toy had been taken away before he'd got it. "Here, it's subtexted," she said, pointing. Roger squinted, "The fine print." "Jeannie!! Don't do this!" "You must face. Betty had made one of her surprise inspections and found the house spotless. When confronted with the fact, Betty had second thoughts about Ardy’s abilities. She agreed with her husband, saying she liked the way Ardy had cleaned up my messes. The good news had no affect on Ardy. She refused to hear my invitation to resume our Monday night study sessions. When she called the next Monday night to verify that Bertha’s letter had arrived there was noticeable grief in her voice. ‘What’s wrong?.