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Everybody ate and drank and made lots of toasts

Sam had saved me a seat by his, at the need couples’ table, marked off with a white ribbon Jason and Michele would join us after they’d served the first wave of guests

"You look real pretty," he said "And the are off today

"Thanks, Sam" We hadn’t seen each other (except at work) since the night at Stoiven ned on to help JB and Tara in their little hoo to a ht we both had off

I had ress, but I know that nothing is worse than assu, after we’d helped my brother and his bride fold up all the chairs and tables and load them on a trailer to take back to the church, Sam helped me into his truck As we drove to ot a question" (He’d picked that up the night of the cornfield, and he wasn’t letting it go)

"Yes, what?" I said, with elaborate patience

"How did Claude get out of Faery? You said it was sealed up The portal in your woods was closed"

"You knohat I found bloo in my yard yesterday?" I said

"I don’t knohere you’re going with this, but okay, I’ll bite What did you find growing in your yard?"

"A letter"

"Seriously?"

"Yeah Seriously A letter on a plant It was one of the roses on e?"

"And you spotted it?"