" Maybe we should sit down," Mrs. Street offered. We all took chairs around their kitchen table."Thank you. The first thing I have to do is ask you no... to repeat anything that we are about to discuss. Excuse me," I turned to Dobbs. "Can you put someone with Elizabeth at the hospital; I don't want anyone besides the doctor near her until I talk to her." He nodded and I turned back to the parents. "My partner and I are tracking a very bad person. He has killed three girls that we know of over the. Julie, on the other hand, was almost as bad as Carol. And with Francesca and Jesse both ten, Carol was getting more nervous by the day.“Just remember you need to follow Tiffany’s mom’s rules for her, Pumpkin.”“I know,” she groused. “Just like Jesse and Francesca. He should pick Amber! Aunt Penny is cool! So is Aunt Kathy!”“I think so!”Birgit laughed, “Because they were your girlfriends before you married my moms!”“Perhaps,” I chuckled.“How come you picked my moms?” Birgit asked.“They both. I don’t mind them going to people who need them. I have some uses for them as well, but they aren’t urgent and I can get more. Also, how are those bones drying out? Especially the elk ribs!”“Good, I’ll talk to Wild Thorn after we finish eating. About sixty of the elk ribs are as dry as we can get them. I meant to show them to you a few days ago. Some of the leg bones are ready for you too.”After eating Ed is moving a lot better than he was first thing in the morning. However, he’s smart enough. "He picked up his wine glass and sipped, spit out what he haddrank, saying, "It's vinegar!"I waved my hand over his wine again, "Now taste it."He carefully sipped it, "It's honey."I waved my hand again, "Again."He sipped it, "Now, it's wine. How did you do that?" I'm a witch. Still don't believe me?"He looked at me very puzzled. I took his hands again, andchanted "Namget Hatran Huma." Everyone and everything,except the two of us just froze in time. A waiter wasporing wine, the wine froze.