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He rose, setting her on her feet

"I’ll think old right now We won’t be late for lunch"

She needed to be with hi…

Tender

"It’s seriously a fifteen-minute ride"

"And on’t be sixty seconds late I swear it"

They weren’t late They arrived at exactly two Aunt Martha had coreet theuests to be punctual!" she said cheerfully

" Yes,late, under any circuan was terinned at her like the cat who had eaten the canary and she was teh out loud

He would have gladly skipped the afternoon all together

"Coot to take it fro the Finn, at the end, to close the door behind them all

The home was a masterpiece of antique and Victorian charm Some pieces were colonial, some Edwardian, and some Victorian The lace doilies here and there added a touch of both the old, and the char Oddly out of place on a desk in a little roo rooany table, was a state-of-the-art coaan’sas she could ree, her blue eyes reht body without a touch of arthritis or even the hint of a stooping at the back Herdown the last of the food and taking her place at the table "I hope you like meat loaf"

"Love it"

The food was passed around the table

"And how about the coan, dear"

Dutifully, Megan did so Martha still had her keen gaze on Finn

He shrugged "Interesting The past, of course, is extremely sad Apparently, it serves an excellent opportunity for twenty-first-century capitalislas, take more potatoes than that! They’re hand mashed and delicious, I promise"

"They are exquisite," Finn assured her politely

Martha waved a hand in the air as she cornered a few peas "Morwenna and this Wiccan thing! She drives e"

"She’s happy, Aunt Martha And there’s really nothing wrong with the tenets of her craft ’Blessed be’

That’s the greeting I don’t think it hurts for anyone to believe in a bit of superstition, or that herbs can help you through a crisis--or even that a an intervened quickly

Martha arched a brow to her, then shook her head "It’s all just silly, I’m afraid" Her eyes narrowed at both of theht and woke up half the town, Megan"

Megan sighed deeply "I had a nightmare, and woke up Mr Fallon"

"It’s all ridiculous hocus-pocus, and that’s why the whole thing has it’s negative side," Martha said, waving her free hand in the air once again She looked at Finn and grinned "Don’t go letting any of it get to you

It’s Halloween, and all the crazies are out"