. How?” the local leader shouted on seeing where he was. Thomas already had his hand on the man’s shoulder.“These people are very powerful and c...n do amazing things,” he quietly told the startled man.“How did they do this?” he in turn demanded in a quieter voice.“They use Magic. I never believed in Magic, but since meeting them and their relatives, I’ve had to change my mind,” Thomas told the man.“Yes, I would guess so,” he replied in a noncommittal voice before leading us some six hundred. Andmost of all, guilt that I couldn't be trusted to keep the promise I madeto you. I could have dealt with that guilt in an instant by confessingall and accepting the consequences.The truth is that I knew that confessing again would have just moved mytroubles onto you. My conscience would have been clear but at what cost?Unimaginable pain for you and the reality is that that would have playedfar more heavily on my conscience - does anyone have the right to causeanother pain just to ease. She swore the boys were already in training. They were moving and kicking so much, she just knew they were going to be born with black and blue bruise marks.We had just visited the doctor on Friday for another checkup. Dr. Peterson, Susan as she insisted we call her, was very pleased with the blood work, Jenny's weight and all the tests she had taken. Even though Jenny thought she was gaining too much, Susan insisted she was doing great with carrying twins. We had multiple snapshots from the. There was not a morsel of food in the flat. He seemed to pay no mind to my underwhelming abode and while I poured our drinks our discussion instantly picked up where it had left off.We drank to our friendship, to what he termed my “brilliant future” and nearly everything else he could come up with to toast. The clear liquid burned my throat and warmed my belly. I was soon feeling relaxed and content, and finding it much easier to chat animatedly with Franz.We carried on conversing well into the.