"A person that is a, um, a Wizard's second must be very ... capable. A second's purpose is not to take notes in meetings or hold our coats. A second m...st be highly skilled to survive the dangers."Cory nodded in agreement and added, "Brennan has survived many years." Let's hope he does," Sean said grimly. "I've got a feeling that we'll need him."Two nurses entered then and all sensitive conversation ended. The 'family' talk degenerated into Udit complaining about making the old Indian ride in. I grabbed his hair and yanked and he yelled as he was thrown down.I moved back as he came to his feet with a knife out. He growled as he moved in and lunged. I turned and shifted as I caught the wrist and snapped it back. I kicked across and into his other knee and he screamed as it broke and he went down. I kicked the dropped knife away and bent to grab his hair again.I pulled and dragged him out and into the bunk room while he kept yelling. I looked around and grabbed a climbing rope and. ”“I know, we talk. She said that you asked her to release you from your wedding vows. I didn’t know that you were still living with those. But you were always one to keep your word. So mom released you and you ran right out and got married, to two women?”“Well it was not quite so quick. But Lynn was the reason I spoke to your mother. I was surprised that she talked to me. I have been trying to get her to speak with me for years. I guess that it’s fate or karma that at the time I needed to speak. Her jogging pace quickened, along with her now frantic breathing as she thought of what ensued. For the following decade her marriage had become a charade, a make-believe tableau of happily dysfunctional family where mum and dad had agreed to stay together for the good of the kids, at least until they were old enough to go to college. And that time had now come… What she was truly running away from was the decision she knew she had to make now that the agreed upon ultimatum had been reached:.