"Moira – she credits you, and I feel I must too - with cracking the shell that her father and stepmother built around her. Our progress in the last ...three days was greatly aided by the self-image she has gained in the previous week as someone who can be loved. She has been unusually candid with us, sharing far more than I would ever have expected. It has allowed us to progress much further in terms of treatment and understanding of root causes than I would ever have believed. I am concerned by. All to no avail, like Baldomr before them, Gregor and Henrik were gone, utterly and completely gone! Three sorcerers missing in a matter of days. In all of the history of the Moravian Sorcerers nothing like that had ever happened before!Ambassador Reznik was beyond angry; a perfectly thought out plot spoiled by an innocent bystander. A strange traveler just happened to be passing by, who could have accounted for such a thing? Perhaps not so innocent; he spoke of Moravian Sorcerers in a tone. " Yes but we were worried. We heard a rumour at school that Dad had beenbeaten up. Is it true?"This question was only met with silence.Beth tried again, "Mum, was Dad beaten up?"A quiet, "Yes" was the only response.I felt numb knowing the truth. Surprisingly, however, I didn't feel likecrying. I'd been through most of the emotions earlier. Beth howeverdidn't take it as well and I took the telephone. I used my left ear soBeth could still hear what was being said. I held the telephone with myleft. I love that woman! My buddies were sitting upstairs watching the highlights from all of the other games and had no idea what was going on but I knew they wouldn’t object. Tracy came out as the second half was starting. She was wearing a white #28 jersey that came down to her mid thigh and her hair was in a ponytail. She had nothing else on. She sat between Stan and Bill and put her hand on their knees. She said, “How’s the game going boys?” They hemmed and hawed as they noticed her outfit.