" So you wanted to feel it again today." prompted Ramona."Yes." said her daughter, hanging her head. "Do you hate me now?"Ramona reached out and took ...ebbie in her arms."No, baby, I don't hate you. I'm afraid for you. I worry that this will hurt you later, but I don't hate you. I love you. I told you that will never change.The tension that was in Debbie broke and she cried on her mother's shoulder, mixed tears of relief, and happiness, and grief for making her mother worry. "He loves me mother,. I needed an outlet for all my negative energy, but I was so exhausted I couldn’t do anything that required physical exertion.I sat there in silence, my head on my desk, just breathing deeply and trying to calm down. I wondered if maybe I should see Doctor Mercer, because she had helped me the last time. The more I thought about it, the more that made sense. I pulled out my address book and called her office. I let the receptionist know that it was basically an emergency, and I wanted to see. Oh, fuck me, I’m in love with my own daughter! I worship you!” Phoebe threw her arms around Celeste and gave her another soul kiss that warmed her daughter to her bones.“I told her that she deserved the name ‘Celeste, ‘ Phoebe. When she was born, there was just a radiance to her, even then, at least to me. That’s why I pushed so hard for the name. There was nothing sexual about it, at least not for me and especially not at that age, but she just shone through, even then. Her very name implies a. He found that he was in a motel room and the drapes were drawn tight. Therewas a light on in the bathroom that illuminated the room enough for him tosee. He was sitting on a bed with the sheets pushed and strewn about. Hehugged himself a little tighter and was surprised again. There, resting onhis folded arms, were two mounds of He had forgotten, in the rush of wakingup in a strange place, that he had been in a costume. After a bit of panickedgroping and checking, he came to remember the wizard.