Marissa chuckled to herself as she remembered how he had tiptoed out of her room and down the stairs at dawn the following morning to avoid being seen by either Mama or Emma. He pleaded with her to go downstairs with him to open the door and she told him to conjure his fairy godmother to come and open the door for him after which she pointed to where the extra key was to him. He had given her a light spank on her butt before heading down with an "I love you" whispered into her ears.

Marissa could remember how at peace with the world she had felt then...