The drive up to The Slave Traders was nothing spectacular. The slightly-tinted glass probably didn’t help any, but it was almost dark by the time th...t they had left the Burtons’ house. And it was completely dark after they had arrived at the Pittmans’ house earlier and both Mr. and Mrs. Burton had gone inside to retrieve their guests.When all four had emerged, both ladies were dressed in nice cocktail dresses; and Matt had noticed with a grin on his face that the others could not see, as he had. Now you will tell me the truth."I was too frightened to deny her. While the two women continued to hold me down, I told Mira about the lightning strike and the Willow tree. The others listened in silence. Mira glared at me. "Why didn't you admit to this powerful magic earlier?" she demanded."It was not magic!" I insisted. "It was an act of the Goddess, of the Gaia spirit herself. An accident. There was nothing I could do about it. I'm so sorry, we were in love. We wanted so much to be together.. "Yeah, those gals are awesome. You have great taste in women, bro," Trevor's voice joined the conversation."Trevor!" Vicki and Kirsten shouted together, as they rushed the firstborn with kisses all over his face from both of them."Well, folks, if you wanted me back, here I am. Jamie kicked me out of the house. Something to do with my being a 'loser', as she put it. I think that her old man is just meddling too much in our marriage. Him and her mom, too. Neither of them really liked me to begin. He was a sweet guy from the start and when things started heating up for us I was at first worried. We met through mutual friends during a party. I'm rarely a drinker and he's got his preferences about what he drinks and how much. So neither of us every really got smashing drunk. It wasn't often that we ran into each other at first then I began working with him at a new job and from then we started to become friends. I had never told anyone about my prior boyfriend or his pushy ways but.