The room chilled as the circle reached into the Astral Realm.My heart thudded in my chest. A wrong move here could cause me to summon a far more dange...ous spirit, like a banshee or a nightshade. There were dangerous things that prowled through the Astral Realm, the domain of the dead, spirits, and the Gods.I chanted in the arcane tongue, the strange words rolling off my lips with ease. Unlike manipulating the elements, summing required words to reach out into the Astral Realm and beckon the. She was so much in love with her own family that she wascertain Colin would feel the same if she managed to bring them backtogether.She approached the issue like the scientist she was. Each little snippetof information she gleaned was carefully analyzed and duly recorded.Over time she learned he was a first generation immigrant from Irelandand they'd settled somewhere around Boston. But she was unprepared forjust how many O'Brien's lived in the greater Boston area...* * * * *Colin sat amidst a. Thankfully I must have shut off all the pain of that day and hidden it deep inside me because I don't remember anything about what happened that year. After that moment my grandparents adapted me as there own and raised me from then on.Sure we weren't always this close, but death has a way of bringing everyone closer. In these times of need all emotions are brought to the surface. Regret seems to be the biggest one of them all and along with it comes grief. Once these two partners of pain set. My parents are the major stockholders of this Investment Company which is now listed on the OTC and soon to be on the NYSE."Bob could only guess as to her parent's wealth.Bob asked Jan, "What do you do if I may ask?"Jan responded, "Well, when my parents knew I was getting my MBA in finance, they started up a large-cap mutual fund and made me the co-manager of this fund as a graduation gift. Because of the reputation of their business and the low buy in to this new fund, it has grown rapidly. A.