We finished the remainder of the trip home silently listening to the hum of the Escalade’s tires rolling over the concrete pavement of the interstat.... By the time we pulled into the parking lot of my motel it was nearly midnight. Maureen and I climbed out of the big SUV. Ginger also got out, but only so she could move into the front seat. As soon as she was settled I smiled at her and said, “I have to thank you both for helping Maureen and me.” Ginger said, “We didn't do much. We just had some. I considered suggesting it was bit early to buy clothes for a job that required passing a state test. That might not be a very easy task. I held my tongue because I had to be the loving, supportive husband. We could afford it, and besides, if I could prove adultery, I would save tons more in the settlement than the clothes cost.It took a couple days to buy all the accessories Judy felt we needed to be stylish as we suffered. She also changed her food shopping habits. I couldn't find a potato. Across the bridge, they started climbing again, and in a few moments pulled to a stop in front of a secluded cabin surrounded by a dense grove of redwood trees. When Davis switched off the motor, the only sounds to be heard were the snapping and popping of the cooling engine."This is nice," she said, stretching as he helped her out. "It's so nice and quiet." It's also hard to find," Davis said. "That's why Curly likes it so much." Is he a crook?" she asked innocently."Only if you're the older. War, terror and everything else was rife; listening to it in History lessons made you wonder why anyone would have wanted to live back then in the first place.But that was before the Celestial Conjunction; an event that hadn't happened in a thousand years. When the stars came into alignment, everything changed. Humanity rediscovered the ancient art of magic, and began shaping the world for the better. Magic was able to do everything we ever wanted, and essentially ignored the laws of science..