It was all self-evident in the words and actions of the afternoon and evening. I shouldn't have been in any doubt anyway, but whatever might have been...there in the recesses of my mind was swept away in the euphoria of the forthcoming melding of two families.Nicole came home with me as she had been since her return. As I closed the door to my apartment and turned to her, she walked into my arms and held me tightly to her."This has been the best week of my life," she said into my coat."I know. Dave took it and said, "Spirit of Giving as the receiver gift of theplate that was freely given summons you."I saw a bright light and a white wisp of smoke appeared in the room andDave said, "Tell me spirit the limit of my day of wishes as the plateinstructed me to ask."The wisp glowed and said, "As the true receiver of the gift, thelimitations of the your day of wishes are 1. You only have control ofthe past of the giver. 2. Only the giver and you will have knowledgethat changes had occurred.. Right then I knew that there was much more to all this than I had even imagined before. I knew that because, up until the strange picture I was seeing, all of the Californians' marvels could be explained as something similar to, although much better than, things I had seen before. Not now though, and especially not after what happened next.Coleen slipped a device over her head that was similar to the one Helena and Sonja wore, minus the spool with the glass front, and started talking."I have. ”“If he has his phone, call him!” Genja suggested.As Fiona started to dial, she heard a voice from behind her that made her turn round. There was her son with a gorgeous redhead, interacting like long lost friends that looked truly pleased to have found each other again. The young lady was obviously attracted to Connor, the eye contact she kept and the way she held her head, the way she was flicking her hair. Connor for his part was just as enamoured by the girl by the constant touching and.