“Oh, yes!That’d be awesome!”“How long, John?”“Until I’m ready to leave.” He shrugged. I was about tote...ll him to fuck off, but Brenda apparently hadn’tgotten the hinted message.“Really?” She turned to me. “C’mon, Bob, it’d be great!You always say we don’t socialize enough, and I justknow it’d be so much fun!”“What about your apartment? Your job?” I asked.“Hell, I haven’t. Would you please cast your spells on me?"Being by far the most sensitive to insects, Pteri raised an eyebrow at my request. No flies seemed anywhere close, but she dutifully cast Sanctuary and Harden Armor on me.While the air swirled with her magic, I cast a Do spell of my own hidden by Pteri's more obvious ones. I cast "Hear footstep", a secret Do ability that allows us to be aware of any nearby hidden enemies.The rustling in the bushes became magically louder. Several people, probably Ninjas,. She smiled and laughed a drunken, silly little laugh. The kind of laugh that comes when everything is funny. Listen, he began his pitch Im not driving back home either it would be almost 2 hours from here, so I got myself a room. Why dont you come with me and get cleaned up a bit then when youre feeling better, you can drive home. She just stared. Or I can call you a taxi, he offered. Lets go. She said, more matter-of-factly than she had ever said anything. She was standing barefoot at the coat. He was right...he was right all along." Kelly sobbed."Who was right? What are you talking about Kelly?" Eric asked."John...he was right...you stole me away from him. I let it happen, but you stole me away." Kelly said."Kelly...you left him willingly." Eric said."You made me willing...I shouldn't have let you...I shouldn't have let you get that close. John and I were happy for 3 years before you started hitting on me. He told me what you were doing...I didn't believe him. He was right. God damn.