"If Mr. S is in this neighborhood then we will not respond to any calls from here unless Mr. S makes the call and requests our presence. I don't know ...hat he has or will tell you tonight but you can take it as gospel that it is what is going to happen." People in the crowd noticed all the police officers had left as Mr. S and the Captain talked and realized they could expect no help from outside the neighborhood."Thank you Captain Daniels, that will be all," Mr. S said."Yes sir," the Captain. But then we learned magic!"At this his face was flushed with excitement. "The magic we have is tochange reality not anything that will interfere with the balance. Takeyou for example. You are now elevated but you are the person you wouldhad been anyway, or soon will be. All that was done to you was a sort offast forwarding. We just skipped Limbo, and no you are not yet a Witch,you are not even a Novice. You see, your old wife Sue found in you hersoul mate. Many of us take mates but few. One thing for sure ... we were the wrong color, the wrong religion and wealthy ... that in itself a severe wrong.It seemed that every river and creek had a different warlord ... all struggling to subdue his neighbor. Open combat with US troops hadn't ceased ... but it was descending into isolated acts causing great hardship on the civilians.Both the guerrillas and the US Army retaliated against rumored atrocities ... and the innocent suffered. Supposedly, the fighting stopped sometime between. She looked down towards the spreading stain and the unbroken glass.Erin took a step back as if retreating from the mess she had made. Her brain buzzed from the effects of the alcohol already in her system. Covering her mouth with her hand, she looked up at Mr. Wheeler."Are you all right, Erin," Denny asked, truly worried about her apparent distressed condition.While she didn't look to be drunk yet, he knew that Erin must not have had much experience with the wilder side of college life. He.