She'd been reelected at least a dozen times, and no one ever ran against her anymore."There's something going on between those two," she said, conspir...atorially. "They were making goo-goo eyes at each other when he first got there." And then he abandoned her to come sniff around you," I said. "What makes you think they're sneaking around behind the public's back?" Why would they have to sneak around?" she asked, taking another huge bite of pizza. She held up a finger to stop me from answering. "I think Iwant to, you know, rebound as soon as possible. I can't keep thinkingabout Tommy, you know?"I looked at her. I genuinely had no advice. "I guess that could work?"was all I could manage."So I was wondering," Anna said to the mirror. "Did any of the boys talkabout me much?"I turned away and scratched the back of my head."Oh, that's a difficult question..." I guess it's a no?" Anna said, struggling not to look weak."It depends. You... you need to understand how guys talk about. ’ It pleased me that he took my parting words to Mary to heart and called me by my true name. I refused to believe her lies about the origin of it. ‘I will skip over all the legal jargon and cut to the heart of it. Your father wanted to ensure your future would be protected and thus left you all of his worldly assets except for the house in which Mary –‘ here his nose rippled as if he smelled something exceedingly sour ‘– claims.’ Stunned, I stared at his chest, only now belatedly noticing his. When I looked up from my work, I saw Clare and Cathleen sitting in the field near the unconscious men. They were reciting a mantra of some kind and drawing signs on the ground with sticks. Vines started growing out of the ground even as I watched, and grew over and around the men lying there. The vines thickened rapidly as they grew, and in minutes the seven men were secured by them."What have we got here?" Pat asked as he approached, and then turned very serious."Another Wizard!!" he exclaimed.