Just past Leo Carrillo State Beach, I down-shifted and turned out on a dirt side-road winding up to my favorite vista overlooking the moonlit Pacific ...cean. Tom pulled alongside and came to a sputtering stop. We all got out and walked to the front of the cars.“Hey, Dude, I thought we were going to the movies?” Tom asked.“Well… I thought we'd come up here and watch the submarine races instead,” I replied with a grin.“Hey, didn’t Chrissy's mom say she'd question us about the movies?” Tom. Attempting to bring out that he'd been living asa girl for a year and still hadn't changed his mind had only made thingsworse."AeroExpress flight 212 is arriving at gate 16C," announced a disembodiedvoice, sounding much too chipper for four o-clock in the morning."Oh sh--." I shifted Michael higher on my hip, did an about face, andtrotted in the other direction.My son lifter his head from my shoulder and squinted up at me. "We atMommy's plane yet?"I brushed a few silky strands of his auburn. "Do I look like one of those nudie models?"She was kneeling in the tub with her back arched, and one hand on each of her ample breasts, covering her nipples."Like my bikini?" She giggled. She had sprayed on a shaving cream bikini, or at least the front half of one."You're silly." I laughed, though I was reeling inside from seeing her like this. I turned back around to collect myself and continue shaving when I saw she was getting up. I did catch a quick view of her perfect bottom in the mirror. I can’t get a clear idea of when to expect this darkness to settle over us. I can’t see what will cause it or how to stop it. So, it’s best to keep this quiet until I have an idea of how to fight it,” she explained.Liam nodded, “I agree. For now, anyway. Maybe some of them could be of help?”“Possibly,” she said anxiously. “Although many in the village see magic as a kind of evil all its own. But, I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to try.”“Does Cheval have powers? My grandfather used to talk about a.