"Damn, I thought I had everything covered." And then, sheepishly, she looked around for her father, hoping he didn't just catch her swearing. Granted, after the tattoos and piercings, swearing was probably the least of her worries. At least her mom didn't seem to be here.

When Molly was content that there was no former Knight of the Cross lurking around, she relaxed a bit more. It would have been really bad if They had managed to get Michael too. With all the angelic cavalry around the Carpenter house, busting in there almost suicidal. Her father had gotten an awfully nice retirement package. Too bad Wizards didn't get nice retirement packages like that.

"So what do we do now? Order drinks and pretend we're having fun? Or I could veil and see if I overhear anything. I'll account for the smoke this time, I promise."