" She looked pointedly at his tented boxers.There was no doubt about what she wanted, and just for a moment he was tempted to let her have her way, bu... common sense intervened and demanded he squash her little game before it got off the ground. He reached down and took hold of her wrist, pulled her off his bed and firmly but gently ushered her to the door."What?!" she said angrily as he put his hand in the middle of her back and nudged her into the hallway, "Mom's good enough for you but I'm. Silence. Governments haven’t responded yet at all, but their silence and inaction means that they don’t believe you,” Tabby noted, “they will quickly come to regret that.”Just then, my front door was kicked in and several Homeland Security agents burst through, all of them carrying automatic or semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, and so forth. They started to move through my home and when they saw me, their team leader aimed directly at my chest. The others rushed at Dean, Tabby, Sabrina, Mary,. Ilooked at the plate up close, touching it on all sides, making surethere were no strings attached. I was still somewhat of a skeptic - Iknew from school and from TV that magic didn't really exist, that magicshows were always illusions. The problem was, though, that Grandma'smagic never looked like an illusion at all. She always let us inspecther tricks up close, the way I was now inspecting Julie's 'flyingsaucer', and they always seemed unquestionably real."Look at my feet," she said. I looked. For the first time, she realized, the girls appeared to be genuinely happy. Moreover, they even sang while they served them in the beautiful voices that the Carlson's had earlier discovered they had. Finally, while they were having their second cups of coffee, she ordered the girls to sit at the table."You look ... genuinely happy this morning," Kathy commented."Lady Kathy," Marie replied, "There is nothing more we can say. First, you saved us from death. Today, you restored us to life." Then.