> Julia took Kat's hand and closed her eyes, concentrating. It only took a
> split second and they were in Kat's room.
>
> For the moment and to conserv energy, Julia dropped the field about her
that
> would keep her invisible and sat on a chest at the foot of Kat's bed, even
> as Patrick started to move to sit on the side of the bed and look around.
>
> "I see the garden all the time, Kat," Patrick smiled gently "Every time
you
> go there."
>
> He was about to sit down and pat the spot next to him when he heard
Rachel's
> call -- almost right outside Kat's room.
>
> "Uh oh." he said, looking at Kat with a raised eyebrow, knowing his wife's
> tone well enough to know that Rachel was upset about something. He put
his
> fingers to his lips and stood, going over to the corner of the room and
> disappearing from view.
>
> Julia looked at Kat, not wanting her to be upset thinking they were
leaving
> her "He's still here but the other's can't see them... will you be okay if
> I..."
>
> She looked at the doorway, knowing Rachel and Derek were both there and
> hesitating herself. She couldn't very well leave Kat and make her think
> that she and her dad had run out on her but Julia didn't want to be seen
> by....
>
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Kat look around a little frantically. She knew that tone in her mother's
voice too, it usually meant trouble. She didn't want to get Julia in
trouble to though. And boy she sure didn't want an audience while her
mother went berzerk. "It's okay you don't have to stay, but you'll come
back right? You and daddy?"
Kat
