If we stayed on schedule, we'd get to the office around 8am. That would give me an hour to organize myself. To place the mirrors and prepare the smoke... to create magic and make my Father disappear.No small trick.I showered more to wake myself than to clean and then got dressed. On the dresser was Pharaoh's ankh and beside it, a bracelet that Joey had given me. I didn't remember pulling it out, but it was a good piece of jewelry and it suited the jacket. I put them both on. My hair was a joke.. "You were all here for Mom, Dad, and Anna's handfasting. Many of you were present when Samantha and I were handfasted. Well, back in May, Rhonda asked Samantha and me to enter into a long-term relationship with her. We became novia—that's like fiancés. The thing is that then we had the fire. And then building our home in the barn. And then school. And the television show. There's never been a time for us to make our commitment public. With all our families here, we'd like to do that. Rubbing my eyes, Ilooked around a bit. "Am I still dreaming?" I wondered. It was then Isaw a glittery apparition begin to form to the left of my bed. It tookform, face and body shaping into existence. Soon it became a veryfamiliar, and very gorgeous, girl. It was Hailey wearing that sameoutfit from my dream."Hey, Brian... or is that Brittany now?" she said with a smirk.She crawled into bed next to me, and I instinctively pulled the sheetsabove my chest."What's the matter, girly girl? Are. Was it poetry and Whitman or something else? I thought about leaving but was glued to the spot…FINISH DAMN YOU LOU…was my thought. Then I felt ashamed…she was my best friend after all and they were just reading. Then I remembered that is what I had been doing when things got out of hand. She stood up, closed her book and walked past me out the door…she winked at me and smiled…a thrill went through me…what did she know? I was really nervous that she might know something but how could.