The crew hadn't said anything yet."Magic! It's what we do," I told him before Wolf and Gerald disappeared and then reappeared with the grain, hay and ...ther things that we had left in the stable. Gerald also had our food chest. We saw a number of the crewmen make signs against evil or cross themselves at all of these goings on, but the horses, especially the General's and Captain LeGras's, needed calming again, and we were busy for a bit with that."Are we loaded?" General Clark asked when we. ” Dave looked at Barb and added, “Unless, of course you wish to concede Tim the victory.” “No, we’ll play it your way.” Barb said. She didn’t feel as confident as she thought she sounded, but she had invested too much in this contest to just give up now. Besides, Richard had already seen her naked. In fact, he had pictures to prove it. Dave began setting up the camera as he watched Tim grab his pool cue and walk to the table deep in thought. Barb just stood there watching Tim, also. He cried often, as he tried to suckle but no milk would come out, orvery little, so he would still be hungry. I cried too, as I could nolonger feed him and give him the love he deserved. I felt as if the bondbetween us was being broken forever. Joana told me not to worry or be sad.One of the last nights I spent in her house, she said: Ophelia, in thelast two months you have returned my son to life. You will always be hissecond mother and my friend, and I will always be thankful to Heaven. Grandpa had known the man who rented our old place was born and raised in the area, since he was a child. Happy knew the woman from church and visiting over the years. The one they didn’t know well was their son, an out of work person who knew all the tricks to keep getting his unemployment checks and looked to be going to get a disability from Social Security.It was when I opened my own office that I had bought an older used Impala. The car ran great and had everything I needed. I kept it up.