"Yep," I said, pretending to wipe my glasses."Here it is," said Reinhardt, coming back from the bedroom, which I assumed must be the temporary "labor...tory."The transmitter was about the size of a half-package of cigarettes, the "bug," or receiver so small I could barely see it against my hand. It was flesh color, too, which did not help its visibility. Reinhardt smiled widely at me after Martin had left, having made certain I was going to maintain my silence."Well, she is yours, buddy.". Nothing is illegal until the law says it is. In America, innocent until proven guilty is a major tenet of the bill of rights and so is the statement that no law passed can include retroactivity. They have to catch you under the law not before it.Cleaning the crate was done by washing it with water from the lake ... it took several buckets but eventually it looked clean enough to eat off. Not that I would ... Pentwater Lake water ... eww!With all the dust and accumulated grime off it became. I just was afraid someone was casing the place. It made me a little nervous. I’m glad you came by. Come on in." Are you sure? Can you spare the time?" Of course."We took a short tour of the house although there was some incriminating evidence that I wasn't living alone. Alex had left her robe in the bathroom with her name prominently embroidered on the front suggesting I had a roommate."I didn't know you were married, Hank," she said."Well, I'm not. An out-of-town friend has been visiting this. She was relieved when it clicked for her.Ricky removed the diadem and put it on her head when she gasped at the separation from her old medallion. He and Micky then helped Ronan put on the rest of her items.Ricky showed the girls the flatscreen with the fold-out stand that he replaced the traditional crystal ball with and the blue book of spells. He hadn’t put a huge number of spells in it, but at least they had the basics.He had put in a red-covered book he called their Journal. He told them.