Ten minutes later, Bethany and Beverly came back down the stairs, looking a bit shocked. Bethany, in fact, looked positively stunned, while Beverly, t...hough a bit pale, guided her to her chair in the dining room.“I see,” said Terri. “Well, you’ve got some things to think about. Is there anything we can do, or get for you? Would you like me to call Trish and ask her to make something for you? Maybe a stiff drink?”“No, no thank you,” said Bethany, and Beverly shook her head and sat down.“I hadn’t. We split up and got into two vehicles. I was in back of one with Jenny and glanced at the tablet she pulled out. I shifted to look at the screen and she blushed, “I was just finishing my advance comp degree project.”I looked at Andrea and Jonas up front and they grinned. I smiled and looked out the window. She cleared her throat, “would it be easier to track the killer using a comp map screen? You could use a relation sub spell with the tracker and just follow it on the map.”I looked at her and. ” Alyssa rolled her eyes wearily. She knew one of Brad’s parties meant she’d be cleaning until her parents came back. Oh well, she thought happily. At least he’s home. “Come on, sis. Let’s go get some food.”************* Later that night, the house was literally vibrating with music and screaming. Alyssa wound her way around people who graduated 5 years or more before, trying to clean up as she went. One of the guys… Maybe Peter, slammed her against the wall as she tried to squeeze by. “Where. Making into our bedroom, I initiated step two of my plan by noisily moving my clothes into the spare bedroom. During one of my trips, I caught my wife and a few of her friends standing at the bottom of the stairs wide eyed in disbelief. Internally I was smiling inside, but outside I looked like someone had just ran over my dog.I heard the front door open and close a few times as all the visiting hens went back to their homes to do who knows what to their husbands. Maybe a few of them will be.