Look at you, any man would want you. I promise you I'll be back, and when I do, I want you dressed exactly as you are tonight." When? Promise me you'l... come back this week. Promise me, Dave." OK. I'll phone you. One night in the week. But it's not right tonight, for either of us." I leant forward and kissed her on the forehead, and then on both cheeks. "Now, you're going to be alright, aren't you? Why don't you just have a nice hot bath, and go to bed. It'll all be better in the morning.. " But why did you do it the way you did it? Why did you mess with hermind, but still leave her aware that she was originally a guy? Was it atest?" Zach cut in, finally getting the question out that he had beenwanting to ask ever since this had started."Well there are two reasons, but yes, the first reason was to test you.It is customary that on the final day of a seed's maturation, the promiseshould be pushed so that the seed fully forms. It's the final trialbefore magic can be passed on to. Alone. Hayley can be there if necessary but I need Molly and Megan out of the way for maybe a half hour."Jenn nodded. "I was gonna set 'em to shoveling the sidewalk this afternoon. Would that do? Or would you prefer I send them out now?" The sooner the better in this case." Okay. I'll send them out now. Olivia is making you breakfast. Don't take too long, your breakfast will get cold." She turned away and stepped out. "That girl is whirling dervish in the kitchen. Did you know that?" No," Dave. Then another one in the second half. Told you he was special."Isha froze. Four goals: that brought the kid up to...eleven? Which meant she'd still lost.This couldn't be happening, she thought. Not after everything she'd been through today.Lewis strolled back into the living room with a bottle of beer in his hand. He saw the pale shock plastered on her face. "Oh, sorry--did you want one?" he asked, holding his beer up for her.She shook her head. "The kid scored four? So his total for the season.