Between spoonfuls she said "What girlfriend? He doesn't have a girl friend."Valerie was stumped. 'Surely your brother has a girlfriend. I mean LOOK at...him."She blushed as Megan's eyes got a little wider. "I mean... well... you saw him. He's handsome isn't he?"Megan's eyes got wary. This had to be a trick question. "I guess some girls might think so" she said, safely.Valerie frowned. "Megan, if I was twenty years younger I'd be all over him. Why wouldn't he have a girlfriend?" Valerie suddenly. Palene told Mark that Marlene now believed Renita had rescued her daughter and put the spells on her house.She didn’t disabuse her of this idea, as she was sure Mark would prefer this was the story that went around. Mark was more than happy with this outcome. Renita had told Palene that she wished it had been her. Palene had heard that Queen Robina wasn’t any happier than Marlene with this news.Palene didn’t have children and neither the Queen nor Marlene would harm her family, as her mother. At first it appeared to be nothing as Qistina changed course. Then she started to curse when she saw that no matter where she went whatever it was changed to stay in front of them. Stopping, she reached out with a dark magic spell to dispel what was coming their way. Then her mouth dropped open as the spell was swallowed up and crushed. "By the great Jinn! How can this be?! Not only are the dark magic spells repelled but they are crushed! I need all three of you to add to mine!" Again Qistina. Well, anyway, Jimmie takes this big stick, see, and he dips the end into this big nasty cow plop. Then he stirs it up a little so it stinks real good like an’ he pushes it right up under my nose. Well I ain’t a gonna act askeerd a nuthin’ `round those big guys. They’d call me chicken till dang nigh Christmas time. I just hit up on that stick with my hand, real hard like. Jimmie wun’t ready fer that. That stick popped up an hit him right smack dab in the kisser. Boy, was he mad! I’m arunnin’. He.