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Donna
asked.
    She forced a smile. “Yeah,
I’m fine.”
    “ I know what will cheer you
up.” Grace got up and pulled the spell book out of her bag. “I
even picked up colored candles, incense and herbs to enhance the
spells.”
    Belinda had to smile. Grace was
really getting into this. She watched her sprinkle the table with
dried rosemary.
    Donna rubbed her hands together.
“Okay. Me first.” She closed her eyes. “I
wish I had enough money to buy a beach house. Oh, and tax free.”
    Grace shook her head. “We’re
not wishing on a falling star, or blowing out a birthday candle. You
have to do it the right way.”
    Belinda laughed. “Yeah.
Don’t be so silly, Donna.”
    Grace shot her a nasty look
because of her sarcasm and opened the book. “Here. I found a
spell to attract money in the book. First I have to light the green
candle. Next, you have to envision the money coming to you. Now,
chant this, ‘Money, money, come to me. I deserve prosperity.’”
    Donna did as she was told, then
sat there expectantly. “Well?”
    “ It takes time. Jeez. What
do you want? Instant gratification? And you have to help a little bit
too. Did you buy a lottery ticket yet for this week’s drawing?”
    Donna scowled. “No.”
    “ Well, don’t you
think you should?” Grace raised an eyebrow.
    Donna rolled her eyes. “Yes.
Okay. Now it’s Belinda’s turn. What do you want to do?
I’ll help you chant if it will make Max’s penis fall off
faster.”
    Belinda smiled. “I don’t
want that to happen. Although, if he suddenly developed erectile
dysfunction disorder, it would serve him right.”
    “ There’s no spell for
that in the book, but I don’t see why we can’t write our
own. Ooo, I’ve got it. How about, ‘What you reap is what
you sow. Let Max’s penis refuse to grow.’” Grace
looking extremely pleased with herself and her rhyme.
    Donna clapped her hands. “That
was great. Or how about this one? ‘For what he has done to
thee, let him receive it back, times three.’ That way it’s
up to karma or the Goddess or whoever to decide what happens to him.”
    “ Hmm. Not bad. You guys are
good at this. But I don’t care what happens to Max, as long as
he stays out of my life. I just want to be happy and eventually find
a decent guy.” Belinda took another sip of cinnamon and
rum-laced cider.
    “ Well, for a love spell we
have to light the red candle. Actually, it’s pink for love and
red for lust and passion, but they were out of pink so red is close
enough, I guess.” Grace scrambled to change to the appropriate
color for the spell.
    “ Lust and passion are good
too.” Belinda considered her spell. “Okay, how about, ‘By
the moon and by the sun, let me find he who is the one. May he be
loyal and may he be true, this is my desire, I ask this of you’.”
She finished the rhyme and looked up to see what Donna and Grace
thought.
    Grace screwed up her face and
turned to Donna. “She always has to outdo us. Have you noticed
that?”
    Donna shrugged. “Yeah, but
she’s good at it. What can I say?”
    Belinda rolled her eyes. “It’s
not a competition.”
    “ Whatever. Anyway. My turn.
My boss has been a total bitch to me, so I’m going to curse
her.” Grace blew out the red candle and lit a black one. “Black
must be good for curses, right?”
    “ I don’t know. This
is your thing, honey.” Donna shook her head.
    “ Well, it can’t hurt.
Okay, here it goes. ‘Vengeance is mine, your reign is through,
let all of your meanness, return to you. Lose your job and cry boo
hoo hoo’.”
    Donna frowned at Grace. “That
was like some sick warped version of a Dr. Seuss rhyme.”
    Grace humphed. “You’re
just jealous.”
    Belinda smiled. “Okay. No
fighting. What do we do now?”
    “ Eat more chocolate?”
Donna suggested.
    “ Chocolate later. Now, we
cleanse our lives by writing down whatever we want to rid ourselves
of on a piece of paper and burning it. Do you have a cauldron