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all right. Somebody make some coffee and I will explain everything.”
    At her suggestion, Angelique headed to the kitchen. They all followed her and gathered around the round oak table, which served as the center of the French Country kitchen. Someone had put on a pot of gumbo. The smells were out of this world.
    “ Did you bring that heavenly concoction with you?” Arabella asked.
    Angelique answered, “I started the roux yesterday and when Nanette decided we should come, I packed it up and finished after we arrived.”
    “ The cats came too, I see.” Elizabeth noted the two fat black tomcats lounging on the floor in front of the stove. They weren’t alone. Arabella’s two cats were there also. Amos and Butterbean were Tabbies. Amos, an orange tabby was twice the size of the brindle colored Butterbean. They were as spoiled as the rappers. They all settled down to talk once the coffee was made. “Spill it.” Elizabeth did not waste words.
    “ For the past two nights, I have been seeing someone—in my dreams.” She looked around from face to face. No one looked shocked; they just waited for more information. “If I have ever met him before, I don’t remember it. And he is not the type of man one forgets. Yet, he is very familiar to me. It saddens me that I have no idea who he is. You see, I haven’t been able to…find out any information…because, when we’re together…”
    “ They can’t keep their hands off of each other long enough to talk,” Elizabeth drawled the completion of her sentence.
    “ Do you feel like you’re dreaming, Arabella?” Angelique asked her seriously.
    Arabella knew exactly what she meant. “No, my experiences are more than a dream. I can tell the difference. I’m meeting him at Enchanted Rock—not too far from here.”
    “ I know E-Rock,” Her mother commented as she stood up to stir the seafood stew. “The place is enchanted, just like the name says. The huge dome sits on a ley line and the entire thing is made of crystal quartz. That mountain is magick personified. There isn’t a more sacred and powerful place in the South.”
    “ So you think the man is more than just a fantasy, not just someone you, literally, dreamed up?” Evangeline asked. “I think the whole thing sounds incredibly romantic.”
    Arabella smiled. “It is romantic. And, yes, I think he’s more than a fantasy. He has said two things to me that I can’t forget. The first was ‘come to me’ and the second…‘find me’. I know the whole idea may sound absurd, but I just know he’s a real person. How do I find him, Grandmother?” Tears were very close to the surface as Arabella knelt by her grandmother’s chair.
    “ We will find him sweetheart, do not doubt for a moment.” Nanette looked up at Angelique for support and the wise woman nodded her head in affirmation.
    “ I thought we could go to Enchanted Rock and see if we can sense anything there.” Arabella wiped her eyes.
    “ I’ll go with you, Arabella,” Evangeline assured her, “Do you want to go now?”
    “ No, we will have to wait until later. I have made a promise to someone and I must keep that promise.” She knew these three were probably far ahead of her, but Arabella needed to say the words out loud. “Mother, do you remember Kathy Townsend and the awful slumber party where I made the mistake of showing off a little too much?”
    “ How could I forget? You cried for days. I thought I would have to home school you.” Elizabeth placed a loving hand on her daughter’s head.
    “ Rachel, her mother, the same woman who shamed me and called me a heathen, phoned me yesterday and begged me to help her. Kathy and her five-year-old daughter disappeared almost forty-eight hours ago. I read a few of their things and went over to the house to see if I could pick up any information and what I got wasn’t pretty. I saw Kathy and Lea attacked by a man she allowed to come into their home. I used a pendulum over a map of the area