I hear her little feet coming down the steps. Her hair is a mess, she’s wiping the sleet from her eyes. Why didn’t you wake me up? She pouted Ther...’s no need for you to get up Sophia...She smiled. But I gotta blow you before work like I said I would. She grabbed her coffee and sat next to me. All of a sudden, the phone rang. The foreman telling me to stay home a big storm was moving in. I have the day off I saidOh awesome she smiled Yeah so what do you wanna do? Hmmmm I have a few ideas she. There was something in the look in Wendy’s eye and the way her voice quivered when she chose the word “arrangement” that left me wondering what she meant. Frankly, I thought my dirty mind was coloring my perceptions.“Arr-ange-ment?” I replied with an arched eyebrow articulating the word in deliberately separate syllables.Wendy’s eyes misted and her voice choked. “Please don’t make me spell it out for you, Mike. “I have kids to house. With any luck I’ll be rid of my useless, alcoholic husband in. The smell usually wakes Sebastian up. You two will need to clear the driveway so you can go. The earlier he drops you off, the less likely it is that someone will see him.”“Is there a shovel? I can go clear the driveway now.”“Inside the door of the barn.”Taylor got himself up, put his shoes back on, and headed outside. Light had just started to creep into the valley, washing everything in a deep blue instead of the black of night. Snow was no longer falling, but it was packed deep, and Taylor. "Talia asked, "What is that? You write on it once or twice a moon and then put it back." It's a message scroll from my father." I can see that it's a scroll. I don't understand what's different about it."Morgan looked at her in some confusion then his expression cleared. "Oh. It's a magic message scroll attuned to one my father has back in Koltor. He writes something on his and it shows up on this one."Urgah asked, "Good news or bad?" Oh, good news. The best. My exile's been lifted and I can go.