Slowly inhaling. Hold it. Count to five then slowly exhale. Slowly in again. Hold it. Count to six then slowly out. Repeating the mantra again and aga...n, trying to go slower and slower each time until she felt the worries of the day spiral away into the darkness. After she’d bathed, she decided to have an early night. The bath had made her feel a lot less stressed but she still needed a little more relief. She switched off her mobile then turned out all of the lights, except the lamp on the. He'd outdone himself this time. I waited several days before venturing over to see my mom. I knew she'd be too hurt and pissed. I decided to wait a bit, to let her cool down a little first, and then go over there. I was right about that, her being hurt and pissed, but three or four days hadn't been nearly enough time for her to calm down."Jackie, I'm glad you finally came over. I need you to do me a big favor. His Nibs, that bastard, has decided he's going to be needing a few more of his. The meeting was a drinks at the bar sort of meeting, and from our hotel room we made our way to the elevator and down to the bar.Outside the bar Stephen gave me a kiss on the cheek, and opened the doors for me to enter. I walked in an almost every head in the bar turned to look at me. Stephen led me to a booth where three other guys were sitting.He shook each of their hands and introduced me as "Cindy – his partner" they all welcomed me and we sat down while they started to talk business,. “Victoria, what are you doing here?” she asked. Victoria was Trina's older sister. More powerful and higher ranked than her sister, Victoria was the head priestess over a large Voodoo congregation. She rarely left the Bayou to go to New Orleans, much less travel all the way up here. “Kari, I had a vision. The Loa spoke to me. They told me to come here,” she told the other woman. “I don't understand. Why would they tell you to come here?” Kari told her friend. “The Loa, they were called upon to.