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"I bet you’re pleased to see this," said Sheila I rocked back on my heels, unable to believe either her words or the spite hich she spoke the about?" I replied "Why on earth would I…"

"You always hated us taking over the Black and White You hated e did to it We know you told tourists at that bookstore not to stay with us"

I did no such thing, I thought as I stood there,Sheila used

"Well, now it’s in the ground, with your precious Jason"

At those words, Blondie’s hand shot out and smacked Sheila across the face Her head whipped around, the crack of Blondie’s hand on Sheila’s face like that of a firecracker

Herbert Gray took a few discreet steps back, obviously unwilling to co about it, I’d never actually seen him speak unless spoken to

But Sheila still had her defenders Iris had led Stuart away froics to lure hiht of hislike a bull

Caleb reached out a hoof and tripped Stu, who fell flat on his face, still hollering the whole way down

"We don’t have ti up for inal at ht noe need to knohat happened So… undo all this and let’s start fro"

Even I was a little shocked at the authority in my voice, but everyone snapped to pretty quickly Caleb hauled Stu up, Iris steered Mr Gray toward us by the scruff of the neck, and Blondie reached forward to

Then I felt Blondie’s poash over the humans She whispered to them that we’d only just arrived, they wanted to cooperate with us, and that they really, really wanted to be nice to Jane

I se of power to keep the Grays’ in place Then we rearranged ourselves together opposite the delicious cookies door-to-door

When Blondie drew back her , absurdly happy for two people whose house had been gobbled up by the earth Only Stu looked like he wasn’t sold on Blondie’s glaic, which explained why reat on Linda never quite stuck with Stu

"Like ere just telling the nice ushed, "we have no idea how this could have happened! Right, honey?" Mrs Gray then turned to her husband, who looked almost as happy as she did that they weren’t sure how their house had disappeared

"No, sweetheart! I have no idea how this could have happened! In fact, ere at dinner when it did!" Mr Gray was equally excited I could practically see the excla from his lips

"Wait, wait, back up," I said "What nice ency?" While the supes I ith probably had never dealt with human insurance coency could get someone out to Rockabill that quickly

"The nice ht away! They were fast!" Mrs Gray was practically singing her responses at this point

"What did they look like, these agents?" Caleb asked

"They were so kind! And so professional! And so kind!" Mrs Gray went ahead and sang

"They eird," Stuart said, his never-pleasant voice gone particularly petulant "Despite what my mom says, they weren’t professional They eird"

I elbowed Blondie I knew if I asked a question, Stu would react badly, glainal asked, taking the hint