Marco nodded. Before being able to say anything more, his brother cut in.“Marco, we came together with dad and mom. Nissa and Gerison are with them ...ith their families. We were all told the same thing...” He hesitated to repeat with Liz and his children present. “Anyway, everyone is getting together trying to figure out what’s happening; you two and Laylen should not remain alone”.Although most of them belonged to the same family, there were several, like Marco and Laylen, who for various. Amanda tossed aside a small pink tennisracquet, and then a tambourine. "Ahh... here it is..."Amanda pulled a wand from the bottom of the toy box. It was a weightything. It was thick, made of a solid wood, not some cheap composite.Jewels glittered at the end of it, pink and purple and blue and green.They were real, and contributed to the weight of the wand. The bottom wasgold capped, and ribbons hung from the tip. The ribbons were made of finesilk, not cheap see through gauze.Any person who held. In short, I pretended there were no changes. Jacob was getting impatient, José María even more so, but when I repeated their “No James Bond crap, Michael” instruction back to them they calmed down. A little.One evening I had a call from Alejandra. She had someplace she had to go in the late afternoon next Saturday but she planned to be back home by early evening, and would I like to go out for a late-ish supper? Of course I would.When I showed up a little ahead of the time Alejandra had set for. "But she needed to hit bottom." Jumping me helped?" Barbie would have stopped," CJ replied. "What if you weren't there the next time?" You can't stop her?" I asked. "There are four of you." We're sisters." The set of her shoulders and neck told me the conversation was over.CJ stayed with Barbie in the blonde's room. Gianna, Persephone, and Jenaveve appeared a half hour later so I decided to head out."Michael, can you come in here?" Barbie's dad asked from the living room.I walked in and sat.