Chapter 52: Lisa

it's nice to have Chris here. The last month has been all training, near-death experiences, uncovering family secrets and casting spells with a witch. It's nice to be back in the world where normality still exists. Although he seemed troubled at first, he seems fine now. Sometimes I feel like I can never get him off my back, no matter what I say to him. I guess it's one of those things with old friends. Nothing is surprising anymore, no matter how supernatural it's.

He offered me a cigarette and I pressed it between my lips and lit it. I took my time exhaling the smoke and looked up at the sky, which was covered with all the shades of sunset. I looked at the square in front of the house. "This would have been a nice garden in the old days, huh?" I said, trying to imagine what it would have looked like when Mum was growing up here.

"I think if we remove the bushes and redesign the landscape it can still be very nice," he said.

"Hey, Chris?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry I worried you."

"Don't be