" You don't know, maybe. That old lady must have seen you coming. How muchdid you have to pay for it?" Henry frowned, drumming his fingers on thetable.... Ted laughed and downed another big gulp."Look at you, all protective and caring. Are you practicing beingboyfriend material?" Charlie's always been a little...blonde. Don't you remember?" Henryshifted his chair closer and put his arm around Charlie again, brushingaside the ponytail to hold the small shoulders. He gave Ted anotherfrown. "We've. She was very successful in doing this and even more deliciously, she was very careless when crossing her legs. Another habit of her was to sit astride her chair and in that way, her hemline moved even further up her thighs while sitting down, so far that sometimes, you could see the crotch V of her panties. She was so successful with this, that one of the young woman teachers keeps telling her: "Cathy, close your legs!" I never heard that complaint from one of the male teachers! The teacher. "Probably not the best way to meet people... I'm Jade. That's Andre, Robbie, and that is our actual resident 6 year old, Cat." That's not very nice, Jade..." the petite redhead said shyly."I rest my case." Well, I guess it's good to meet you guys. Ain't had much of a welcome wagon since I started here. Besides that little firecracker, a'course." Did you just call Tori a 'firecracker'?" Yeah... that a problem." Nope..." Robbie said, trying to figure a way to work that into a sentence next time. Hester wondered where the day had gone but gave no thought to what they were doing. It was something her husband wanted, so it needed no further consideration.At the top of the hill, they stood on the table rock in a circle. Jeff stepped into the center of the circle to address them."My sister and I were twelve and eleven years old in 1692, the year of the Salem witch trials," he said. "It was utter madness, of course - none of those executed was guilty of anything - but also terribly exciting.