Summary: Mrs. Evans promised her son Jimmy he could be the same thing this year for Halloween that he has been for the last five years. This does not prevent her from trying to change his mind. After all, at four it was cute, but now at nine!

Absinthe, Opium and Honor…Chapters 13 & 14.

Chapter 13

It’s actually turning out to be a good day. Nothing really special and yet it’s one of those Mondays in the early fall when it’s Summer with Fall teasing her edges like a flirty lover. I’m loving my look today, the way I feel, the sway as I walk the feeling of not just being on my way to becoming who I really am but liking it too.

"Oh, so there is a Mrs. Donaldson?" I said without thinking.

"Bel's been asking that question all day," Dianne teased.

A sad goodbye leads to trouble at school. Rose spends a day at work with her father, testing her powers and learning about the unpleasant side of big business.

Part 5

The vigil was still on at the hospital as Elizabeth and Jean arrived, people were how sorry they were that the child had been injured in a cowardly attack and how Brave James had been getting the youngsters to safety. Elizabeth after thanking everyone told them that they should go home and look after their families and that she would them informed on James's progress.