Jenny asked when we stood outside the door to 127B.
"Shush, I'm thinking." I said. The truth was I didn't know. My initial idea had been to steal the pictures off Williams, but how to accomplish that was beyond me. Go to his flat and see what comes up had been my strategy to date.
I went through my repertoire of talents. Hopscotch wasn't going to prove useful. I no longer had the ring to shoot fire at the door, though that didn't seem a very sensible thing to do, even if I could. I could make anything in the vicinity lucky, but I was damned if I could see the value in that. I could also open doors and I could put people to sleep.
Jenny folded her arms in front of her and tapped a foot dangerously. I'd better come up with a plan soon or she would do something foolish like bang on the door.
"Got it!" I said triumphantly and waved my hand in front of the door. "Follow me," I told Jenny, "Try and be quiet."
I put my hand on the door handle and turned it while willing it to open. It clicked open reassuringly and we stepped into the flat.
The lights in the hall were on and the two of us crept deeper into the flat. We found Peter Williams pretty much exactly where I expected to find him. Fast asleep in front of a computer console. It looked as though he keeled over in front of it, which was also what I expected.
"I cast a sleep spell over him from the door," I explained to Jenny.
Jenny was looking at the computer screen, completely ignoring the snoring reporter.
"The bastard is writing it all up. He's put my name and address in the article," she said angrily.
"That's not important, Jenny girl. Do you know how to find the photographs on his computer?"
"Can a fish swim?" Jenny said. "But we'll have to move sleeping beauty out of the way."
Williams was not heavy. We managed to move him onto the floor without dropping or waking him.
I found Williams' camera on a shelf to the right of the computer desk.
"The memory card's been removed," I told Jenny as I flipped open a cover.
"It's in the reader," she said pointing at a gizmo next to the monitor. Monitor, keyboard and mouse are the only things I can recognize on a computer with certainty. They are much more mysterious than magic as far as I'm concerned.
"These are the files he's downloaded from the card," Jenny told me, pointing at a list on the screen.
"Open up the first one," I ordered.
I have to admit, it was a great picture of Fluffy and Jenny. The two of them looked so happy to be in each other's arms.
"What do we do now?" Jenny asked, "Delete them?"
"I want to try something else first," I told her. I put my hand on the computer screen and willed the picture to change. Jenny giggled in appreciation when she saw the results of my efforts.
"Can you save it looking like that?"
Jenny played with the computer for about a minute. She looked up at me from the computer chair with something like awe on her face.
"We need to put up the pictures one by one," I said, before I realized Jenny was way ahead of me.
It took quite a long time to change all the pictures. We searched the computer and his desk for any other soft or hard copies. When we were sure we had finished the job, the two of us lifted the unconscious Williams back onto his computer chair and Jenny returned the computer to how she found it.
"I admit this is a good joke," Jenny said with a twinkle in her eye, "But he's bound to check the photos before he shows them to his editor."
I put my hand on Williams' head and concentrated for a few moments.
"I've tried to put a spell on him so he'll see the originals whenever he looks at the photos."
Jenny pulled me over by grabbing the top of my tee shirt and she kissed me full on the lips.
"You are a mean, mean boy, Jake Morrissey, and I'm going to take you to my bed for this."
I thought about this comment for a few moments and then I kissed her back. It took real concentration on both our parts to remember to get out of the room.
"Oh look, here's a
"Shush, I'm thinking." I said. The truth was I didn't know. My initial idea had been to steal the pictures off Williams, but how to accomplish that was beyond me. Go to his flat and see what comes up had been my strategy to date.
I went through my repertoire of talents. Hopscotch wasn't going to prove useful. I no longer had the ring to shoot fire at the door, though that didn't seem a very sensible thing to do, even if I could. I could make anything in the vicinity lucky, but I was damned if I could see the value in that. I could also open doors and I could put people to sleep.
Jenny folded her arms in front of her and tapped a foot dangerously. I'd better come up with a plan soon or she would do something foolish like bang on the door.
"Got it!" I said triumphantly and waved my hand in front of the door. "Follow me," I told Jenny, "Try and be quiet."
I put my hand on the door handle and turned it while willing it to open. It clicked open reassuringly and we stepped into the flat.
The lights in the hall were on and the two of us crept deeper into the flat. We found Peter Williams pretty much exactly where I expected to find him. Fast asleep in front of a computer console. It looked as though he keeled over in front of it, which was also what I expected.
"I cast a sleep spell over him from the door," I explained to Jenny.
Jenny was looking at the computer screen, completely ignoring the snoring reporter.
"The bastard is writing it all up. He's put my name and address in the article," she said angrily.
"That's not important, Jenny girl. Do you know how to find the photographs on his computer?"
"Can a fish swim?" Jenny said. "But we'll have to move sleeping beauty out of the way."
Williams was not heavy. We managed to move him onto the floor without dropping or waking him.
I found Williams' camera on a shelf to the right of the computer desk.
"The memory card's been removed," I told Jenny as I flipped open a cover.
"It's in the reader," she said pointing at a gizmo next to the monitor. Monitor, keyboard and mouse are the only things I can recognize on a computer with certainty. They are much more mysterious than magic as far as I'm concerned.
"These are the files he's downloaded from the card," Jenny told me, pointing at a list on the screen.
"Open up the first one," I ordered.
I have to admit, it was a great picture of Fluffy and Jenny. The two of them looked so happy to be in each other's arms.
"What do we do now?" Jenny asked, "Delete them?"
"I want to try something else first," I told her. I put my hand on the computer screen and willed the picture to change. Jenny giggled in appreciation when she saw the results of my efforts.
"Can you save it looking like that?"
Jenny played with the computer for about a minute. She looked up at me from the computer chair with something like awe on her face.
"We need to put up the pictures one by one," I said, before I realized Jenny was way ahead of me.
It took quite a long time to change all the pictures. We searched the computer and his desk for any other soft or hard copies. When we were sure we had finished the job, the two of us lifted the unconscious Williams back onto his computer chair and Jenny returned the computer to how she found it.
"I admit this is a good joke," Jenny said with a twinkle in her eye, "But he's bound to check the photos before he shows them to his editor."
I put my hand on Williams' head and concentrated for a few moments.
"I've tried to put a spell on him so he'll see the originals whenever he looks at the photos."
Jenny pulled me over by grabbing the top of my tee shirt and she kissed me full on the lips.
"You are a mean, mean boy, Jake Morrissey, and I'm going to take you to my bed for this."
I thought about this comment for a few moments and then I kissed her back. It took real concentration on both our parts to remember to get out of the room.
"Oh look, here's a
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