What I was really looking for was normality and good intentions among people. I needed relief from the nuttiness of work in the computer business as w...ell as from my wife's anger. I decided that just being in a crowd, like in a mall or at an art exhibit, wasn't quite enough. I needed more reassurance than that. Fishing back nearly thirty years in memory, I thought I recalled that church people were likely to be friendly, or at least not threatening. People with a focus and with good intentions.. Upon my return to Miyoshi's apartment, I went through the bookkeeping,just double checking things. It was unlikely that anyone would steal,but you never could tell. It took over 20 mins before I was certain ofit, someone was embezzling funds, stealing. It was unbelievable. Ichecked it again before I reported it to Miyoshi. As I had been withhim for over 4 years, I could tell that he was angry. He hid it well,but I could tell.It took another week and a lot of checking before we knew who it was.. We told Jerome to meet us out front, headed there then drove to Big Joes, closed sign was on front door, but dad's car was parked in back of shop, I said she's getting her cunt shaved, Travis said your mom is such a cock slut, wish mine was like that, Jerome piper up saying wish I could fuck both your moms. Then we went by Desmondshouse, he was on front porch doing homework, we walked up, Travis said let me talk, said hey Desmond got a minute, we sat on porch Travis said straight to point, you. His chest was red, with angry scorch marks where the metal had burned into the skin, but there was far less damage than she’d expected. Had this other wizard’s spell been weaker than Ellerie’s?She healed the skin, then dove deeper with her senses. There was more damage underneath—not any one specific injury, but general trauma to his body. That was what had caused him to fall unconscious. She lost track of time as she set about healing him bit by bit.Ellerie pulled her rapier from the blond.