I had practice with my time spell on both women and Vessio. They would be immobile until someone was able to counteract my spell. I was not so foolish...to think that it would take that long.We walked back to Toronto and called Goldstein to prepare for a shipment. He got additional crystals and me. He was ready for this but not ready to fight. The five members of my troop came soon after. I made particular notice of his home. One day I may have to make a doorway to this area whether Goldstein was. Part of the river has to be diverted into a man-made channel that will feed the wheel. Let me tell you, doing that was one cold assed job. Where I could make it work, we drove small oak pilings into the river with a mattock, and then dug out the river bottom to accommodate the wide oak planks that would serves as the new bottom and sides for that part of the river. For the initial re-routing, I only diverted a third of the stream flow.The kind of water wheel I intended to build would be a. A slow song on the radio gave me the idea for an equally slow dance. Laura smiled when I asked, and readily came into my arms. She was just a bit taller than me but it didn't seem to matter.During some of the dances I kissed her hand and fingers. She laid her head on my shoulder and just seemed to feel at home in this position. When the news came on, we rested on the couch and I began to kiss her more in earnest, but I still did not push. She returned the kiss and eventually her hand stole to. It's fun. And we can be honest with each other and not get each other mad. But... not this time." From talking to Bobby," said Patty, "it sounded like some pretty heavy stuff you were talking about, Collette. Some guys wouldn't get that kind of stuff, like... ever." Yeah," sighed Collette. "And most guys don't have to deal with their girlfriend going off to college when they're a junior in high school." Collette looked discouraged. "I honestly don't know if trying to stay together is the right.