Author: Mary Lynn Plaisance

The Small Chandelier

Chapter 1
	It was an unusually cool Saturday afternoon for July in Louisiana. Joseph and Jenny were cleaning up the yard at her newly purchased cottage that she named, ‘Jenny’s Parlor of Beauty’, shortened to The Parlor when she and her girls spoke of the new place. It was her little dream come true place. Jenny tended to her flower bed along her walkway just as carefully as she did to her client’s hair. She felt more at peace at The Parlor than at her beautiful home in the sub division that was just a block away.
	Mathews was a small town where just about everyone knew everyone else. If you didn’t know someone, you knew their family.
	Rolling down the window in her Beetle Bug car, Sandy, sporting her new, short spiked hair cut shouted, “Hey Miss Jenny. Cleaning your flower bed again? It looks so nice here. No appointments for The Parlor this afternoon?” 
	“Nope. We have no hair or nail appointments this Saturday for ‘The Parlor of Beauty’. I closed up early to sit here on the ground and pull weeds from my flower bed. I love my flowers.”
	“Well, they sure are blooming well.”
	“Sandy,” Jenny pull up the brim of her red straw hat, “I have to tell you that your new pixie hairdo that Rose fixed for you looks so cute on you with your round face. It also completes your gothic look.”
	“Thank you, Miss Jenny. My mom liked my long black hair, but this short, spikey haircut is growing on her. She didn’t like my new clothes look either, at first, but when she saw that the clothes didn’t change the “me” who I am, she’s good with the whole look.
	“Well, I always said that it’s what’s inside that counts, not the clothes or the hair. It’s good to have a change now and then.”
	“How is Miss Rose? When she suggested I get this pixie haircut, she was feeling a little down. Well, that’s what she told me, anyway.”
	“Oh… Rose is just fine.” Jenny grunted as she was having a little trouble pulling a few weeds out of her flower bed in the position she was sitting on the ground. “All she needs is a few beers now and then and she’s good to go. She was born with anxiety problems. So, I put a small fridge in the kitchenette so she can keep two beers in there.” Jenny laughed. “Got to keep Miss Rose happy, you know.”		
	“Oh, yes ma’am. Two beers never hurt anyone. I have one when I’m with my friends… only now and then, but I don’t tell my mom,” Sandy giggled.
	“Well now Sandy… I didn’t hear you say that,” Jenny grinned. “All I heard is you asking me if we had appointments today, and my answer is no. The girls in the parlor took the day off to catch up on some shopping, and Joseph and I took this opportunity to come and spruce up the yard a little. It’s just two months since we opened the parlor and business is going better now than when I was in the garage at home. I thought maybe I’d lose a few customers, but nope. I gained a few more. Joseph is some where’s in the yard riding on the lawn mower, cutting grass.”
	“I see him in the back of the land.” Sandy waved to Joseph. “Hey Mr. Buttons… He saw me but with that lawn mower on. I don’t think he heard me.”
	“He waved to you Sandy, so he saw you. He likes that we’re good friends. He said I can get good ideas from someone younger than me on the latest hair styles. Always thinking of business, that man. But he’s a good man. I’m glad I married him.” 
	“You two sure are a sweet couple. I can’t wait until you have a baby. I bet that baby will be the sweetest baby ever.” 
	“Oh, not now Sandy. We decided to wait two more years. Thirty-two isn’t too old to have our first child. We only want two children. You know, so they can play together.”	“That’s a good age to have children today.  Some of my senior friends want a baby right after they graduate. Not me. That’s way too young… Well, I’ll be waiting for that baby shower,” Sandy giggled. 
	 “You’ll be waiting for two years.”
	“I’ll wait two years, then. I want to see you two have a baby,” Sandy laughed.
	“Well, when the time comes, you will be invited. I’m sure my mom will go all crazy happy for her first grand baby. She reminds me that I’m not getting any younger almost every day. But when we’re ready, we’ll have a baby.”
	“I’ll still be coming to get my hair fixed here.”
	“I hope so. We enjoy your company, Sandy. We told the yard man that he could have this day off. We needed some “digging in the dirt” time together. You know what I mean?” Jenny laughed as she straightened the red straw hat she had on her head. “Sitting here pulling weeds from my flower bed brings me some peace of mind in this messed up world we live in. I’m still waiting for the bombs to hit down here in the South. Everything is just awful.”	
	“Oh, yes ma’am. It’s awful alright. There’s no peace on Earth, that’s for sure. Ah…I know what you mean by digging in the dirt. My mama has a green thumb. I don’t have a green thumb like that, but I like to read, so that’s my escape from the chaos going on. I’m so happy our state isn’t in the mess that some other states are in. I hope we don’t ever get bombed here. Sometimes, I don’t sleep well at night.”
	“Me too, Sandy. But…there are way too many people fighting with each other… and they have no idea what they’re fighting about anymore. They just want to argue. I’m not like that. Not like that at all. I wish every night that we don’t see any chaos down here in our small town.”
	“I don’t like fussing either, Miss Jenny. Not at all… Well, I need to get going. I have to pick up some groceries for my mom at Walmart. You were lucky to find this little cottage so close to the Walmart and all of these other little shops. Good location. I especially like the small chandelier.”
	“Yes, we were very lucky. We’re almost done cleaning up the yard. You have a good day, Sandy.”
	“You too, Miss Jenny. See you later.” Sandy rolled her window up and headed for the parking lot at Walmart. As she left, she glanced in her rear-view mirror and saw Jenny’s red straw hat fly off of her head like it had wings. It landed a few feet away from her. That was the first time she saw a hat flying off like a bird, but she just giggled. Finding a parking spot, she got out of her car to go shopping.
	“That girl Sandy,” Jenny shook her head while talking aloud to herself, “she’s one of the sweetest customers I have. She’s got a heart of gold. Always satisfied with my work. She never complains about one thing. I adore her. She’s one of my best friends… makes me feel good all over inside.”
	Jenny went back to pulling the clump of weeds that didn’t want to come out of the ground. She used two hands to get the grass out and it wouldn’t budge. All of a sudden, Jenny screamed so loud, her voice was heard in the shops that surrounded her little cottage and in Walmart. 
	“Joseph, there’s a big snake right here! Help me! Hurry!”
	“Jenny, don’t move. I coming, honey.” Joseph heard her yelling for help over the sound of the riding mower. People came running out of their shops, including Sandy from Walmart. Jenny’s voice seemed to echo to Sandy’s ears and she knew it wasn’t good.
	“A snake bit me, Joseph. Help me!”
	Joseph cut the riding mower off and went running to Jenny. She was terrified. She saw others standing around her and no one knew what to do.
	“Where did it bite you, honey? I don’t see any marks… and I don’t see any snake.”
	“I saw a big snake, Joseph. It bit me on my leg and slithered away.”
	When she saw Sandy there with five other people from inside the surrounding shops, she asked, “Sandy, did you see the snake. You just left. You had to see the snake. It was big and tall, standing right in front of me.”
	“No, Miss Jenny. I didn’t see any big, tall snake while we were talking… or after I left.”
	“Joseph, I think it went under the house. Look the bite marks. It’s right here on my leg.” Jenny had shorts on and gloves to pull weeds, but the way she was sitting, Joseph couldn’t see the snake bite. Her hat was still a foot away from her, still on the ground. She turned her leg to show Joseph.
	“Oh my God. It’s beginning to turn blue and it’s getting swollen. Stay calm, honey. It’s not good to get your heart rate up if it was a poisonous snake. I’ll call 911. Did you see what kind of snake it was?”
	“I don’t know what kind it was, but it was huge. It was tall, Joseph. It looked like it was standing in front of me.” Jenny was trembling with fear.
	“Did anyone of you see a huge snake slither under the house? Sandy, the snake was huge, did you see the snake?” Joseph asked. He was panicked.
	“No, I didn’t see any snake, Mr. Buttons.”
	Everyone else mumbled no…at the same time. 
	Jenny’s eyes were beginning to give a blank stare at Joseph.
	“Jenny, don’t pass out. Please, please don’t pass out on me. Stay calm, honey. The paramedics are on their way here now. They’re on the phone with me. They said to stay calm and take deep breathes. They’re almost here.”
	“I’m trying. My leg hurts, and I’m getting dizzy.”	
	“Stay calm honey. I can hear the sirens now. The hospital isn’t far. Everything will be okay. They’re almost here.”	Sandy and the rest who were standing around began to cry seeing Jenny like this and not being able to help her. “Sandy mumbled softly to herself, “I know it’s that small chandelier. I just know it.”
	Still trembling, all of a sudden Jenny managed to say, “Joseph, I don’t want to die, but I’m not afraid anymore. Everything is so good for us now in this screwed up world we live in. I've cried a lot of tears in the past two years that were nourishing my soul. I'm ready to harvest those tears into peace of mind. That’s what I need to do. Have peace of mind. We’re so lucky to have each other. Remember, I don’t want to die, but I’m not afraid. Hold me. I’m cold.”
	“You’re not going to die. Stop talking like that.” Joseph eyes swelled up with tears. “The world will get back to normal. The wars will end in the states, and we’ll have peace again. Don’t think about that… Ahhh… Think about your pretty little cottage right here. It’s what you always wanted. Ahhh… Think about how my business is secure, and our home is paid. Think about the two children we want. That’s a good thought, Jenny. One will look like you and one will look like me. Remember when we said that?”
	Joseph kept rambling on and on so Jenny wouldn’t fall asleep or pass out. He felt so helpless.
	“I remember that, but I’m so cold, Joseph.” Jenny was trembling so much that her teeth were chattering. Joseph held her tighter. The sound of the siren got closer as one unit pulled up.
	Joseph yelled to the paramedics, “Bring a blanket. She’s cold. Hurry!”
	The paramedics rushed out of the ambulance. “If everyone can move back please, we’ll take over from here. Thank you.” 
	“Please tell me that my Jenny will be okay. I can’t lose her. She’s my life. She brought my joy back when I had no more hope left inside of me.” Joseph was clinging to Jenny’s hand while they were placing an oxygen mask on her.
	“Your wife will get the best care possible.”
	The people from the surrounding shops moved out of the way so the paramedics could get to Jenny. They were working quickly. Two of them began asking Joseph questions about what happened.
	“I was mowing the grass over there, and Jenny was fixing her flower bed right here. She said she saw a huge snake and it bit her. She said it was huge like it was standing up in front of her. Then she saw the snake slither under the house. I never saw any snake. But it must be poisonous. Why is she shaking? Her leg is swollen already and it’s turning blue. This doesn’t look like a snake bite to me. I took first aid and I’ve never seen a wound swell up like that… so quickly. Thank God the hospital is close.”
	“Okay, we’ll take care of her. Will you follow us to the emergency room, Mr. Buttons?”
	“Yes, of course! I’m not leaving Jenny alone right now. I’ll call the neighbors to come and pick up the lawn equipment.”
	They had Jenny on the stretcher and the paramedics asked again if he knew what kind of snake it was.
	“No. I didn’t see any snake at all. She said it was huge, but if it was so big, like it was standing up in front of her, it seems like I would have seen it at some point. The people from the surrounding shops said they didn’t see a huge snake either. It happened so quickly. Please help her.”
	“The largest snake we know of is a boa constrictor and they’re not poisonous. They constrict. We’ll do everything we can.” 
	The ambulance took off with the sirens blaring. Joseph followed in his car. A larger crowd of people had gathered when they heard the siren and all of them were crying. Jenny was well known and loved by many in their community. 
	As Joseph looked out of his rear-view mirror, he saw Jenny’s red straw hat that was on the ground where she said the snake bit her, fly away like a bird in flight, and it went under the house. It was like the hat had wings. He thought that was strange, but he was more worried about Jenny.
	When the ambulance arrived at the hospital, they immediately took Jenny to the back in the emergency rooms and Joseph gave the hospital all of the information they needed. A nurse asked him to wait in the lounge area until he was called. There were a few other people waiting with him but his anxiety took over. Not being given a good reason that he couldn’t be in the room with Jenny, he went back to the nurse’s station.	“Can you tell me why I can’t go with my wife in the ER room? She’s afraid and I want to be in the room with her.”	“I have no information about that Mr. Buttons, but a nurse will be out as soon as she has some news about your wife.” 
	“Her name is Jenny and most people around here know her well. She has “The Parlor of Beauty”, Joseph said in a restless tone while he was pacing the floor and nervously passing his hands through his uncombed black hair.
	“Oh, was that lady Miss Jenny? I get my hair done at The Parlor. I didn’t know her last name was Buttons. I love her beauty parlor. She passed through so fast, I didn’t get a look at her. I love her blonde hair. It’s so pretty. I’d love to able to wear mine like that. What happened to her?”
	“She said a snake bit her but no one else saw the snake. Her leg is swollen… and it’s so blue, like someone would have hit her with a bat, but I didn’t see any fang marks.”
	“Oh, my Lord. Mr. Buttons, listen to me. Miss Jenny’s a young lady in good health and she can get over this well. I’m sure. As soon as the nurse comes out I’ll call you. I sure hope she gets better, because there’s not another beauty parlor like hers no where’s around here on the bayou.”
	“Excuse me again. Has anyone ever gotten better from a snake bite if the snake was poisonous?”
	“Oh, yes sir. It can take a while, but like I said, Miss Jenny is a young, healthy lady. She can get through this well. Have a seat, and try not to worry.”
	“Thank you. It’s just that Jenny’s never sick. I’ve never been in the hospital with her, and we’ve been married for nine years. It’s scary…. Come to think about it, neither one of us has been in the hospital in our nine years of marriage.”
	“Well that’s a good thing. I hope Miss Jenny gets better soon and your next visit to the hospital could be… maybe to wait for a baby,” she smiled. “That’s not a scary wait. Anxious, but not scary.”
	“Thank you again for listening to me.”
	“Oh, no problem at all. I’ll make sure to let you know when the nurse says it’s okay to go in the ER room with Miss Jenny.”
	Joseph knew she was trying to make him feel better, but it didn’t stop his stress. The thoughts running through his mind were so scattered that it was beyond his belief. He could always make quick, last minute decisions at his office. If any company needed a deadline for drafting a blue print, he always met the deadline. Read them a blueprint? He was right there. In his present state of mind, he had lost total control of his senses.

The small chandelier began telling her tale.
	“On this earthly plane, humans are who they show themselves to be, and their emotions show what they feel.  They laugh, they cry, they pout, they shout. Most humans are fake inside. Not free. They go along with anything other people tell them. They are not leaders. They willingly follow. In forms like Jenny, who is a Lazuli, she is real inside, a leader, and she shows much more than humans show. Her intuition is amazingly accurate. She knows what will happen before it happens. She can see into the future and has knowledge of everything that happened in the past. She is an empath.”
	“Excuse me. Let me write this down. Never forget, Jenny is a “form”, and not a human being… I jotted that part down… Yeah…  What’s a Lazuli?”
	“A Lazuli rarely comes to earth from Jupiter, but there are some all over the world. They show every sign of being who is human, but they have blue blood. The word Lazuli means blue. On occasions, a Lazuli may be born with blue blood into a human family, but this is not the case with Jenny. She acquired her blue blood when she met the snake.”
	“So, my Jenny is from Jupiter. Let me jot that down too.” Joseph still wasn’t buying any of this, but he wanted to help Jenny get out of her coma so he listened to the light and continued to write. “So, she actually did see a snake?”
	“Yes, she did. She did not lie.”
	“I doubted that she saw a snake until I tried to catch her red straw hat under the house. So, the snake was pulling me under to protect the red straw hat because the hat is a connection to Jenny. Right?”
	“Correct.”
	Joseph continued. “At that moment, Miss Light… during that hat scene… I knew something was wrong, and that Jenny was right. Her mom knew she saw a snake, but I doubted her. She told me that if Jenny said she saw or heard something, you can bet the bank on it being true.”
 	The light answered. “Her mom is correct. A Lazuli is real. They tell you what they know, not what they think they know. They associate themselves with the stone Lapis Lazuli because of its deep celestial blue color. The stone remains the symbol of royalty, honor, power, spirit, and vision. It is a universal symbol of wisdom and truth.”
	“Jenny has blue stones all over the house in little bowls. Probably in here too. I didn’t look around, but she loves the color blue.”
	“Jenny is a true Lazuli. I felt it when she entered this house. So, the snake went to her.”
	“So, you’re not the snake? I don’t like lies.”
	“I do not lie. The snake lives under this house and many other places with small chandeliers. I am the light. I am a fixture that cannot be destroyed. I am divine. I speak to the snake. The snake moves for me.”
	“Is the snake evil?”
	“No, the snake is divine. The snake can heal the good. The snake can harm the evil.”
	Joseph got up from the sofa. “I’m going to need a small break here to process this. I knew Jenny was different when I met her, but not like this! Jupiter? Does she know she’s different?” 
	“She always knew, but now she is certain.”
	Joseph paced the floor for a while trying to understand what the light was telling him, but it was no use. He would continue writing so he wouldn’t forget what the light was saying, and whatever happened with the writings, well, it would happen. That’s as far as he got with processing what was going on at this time.
	 “Can you continue? I’ve never been this confused in my life, and I still can’t believe I’m sitting here talking to a voice in the light of the small chandelier. It’s mind boggling for me. I hope this isn’t a dream. I want to help Jenny.”
	“This is not a dream.”
	“Now that I know about the snake, where is Jenny right now? Is her mind in a good place?”
	The light continued to talk to Joseph. “Jenny’s mind is in the spirt world, learning who she is.”
	“Where is this spirit world?”
	“Jenny’s spirt world is among the stars. There are twenty Lazuli meeting each other above.  It took the snake 20 years to find 20 Lazuli, each one living in a place with a small chandelier with a light that remains on forever. It will take all 20 to bring peace to the land, because the destructive, hostile forces on this planet are so numerous. Jenny was the last Lazuli left for the snake to find. She stayed in a coma the least amount of time, so she will be the strongest, because her mind is fresher than the rest who have been comatose for a while, one lady for two decades.”
	Joseph got up from the sofa again.
	“This is way out of my range of understanding. I hope this is all I need to know, because my mind is totally blow away at this time. I feel like I need a drink or I’ll lose it completely.”
	Joseph went to the kitchenette and opened the compartment frig that Jenny had for her protein drinks and snack bars. Rose liked her beer. She kept two in the fridge, so Joseph popped the top of one can. As he entered into the sitting room, he looked straight into the light, “I hope this is all I need to write down. My hand is just as tired as my brain right now.”
	Joseph took one big gulp of the cold beer after the other. He wasn’t going to get drunk on one beer, but he sure needed something to calm him down, and this was sure to mellow him out a little. 
	“When you complete your drink, you will write down your part in helping Jenny. After that, you will know everything and I will have fulfilled my mission for these two decades.”
	“What will happen to your light? There’s no way it can stay lit for another 20 years.”
	“The light can never be destroyed.”
	“Yeah, right. I got that in my mind, Miss Light.”
	“When you return home, read everything you’ve written. You will understand that I am the light. I cannot be destroyed.”
	“Yeah, I remember, you just told me that.”
Joseph gulped down his last sip of beer and threw it into the trash can like a basketball player shooting the ball into the hoop. He felt like he was talking to Jim at work. It was the strangest feeling to feel “at one” with a light in the small chandelier, but he did. He was so at ease.
	“Okay, that was my last gulp of beer. What do you want me to do now? I’m ready to do anything to help Jenny… Jump off of a cliff, run fifty miles, wrestle a wild tiger, sharpen a bull’s nuts in a pencil grinder, feed an orangutan some gumbo, go to …”
	“None of that. Stop. What you need to do is look for a special book in this house. It’s behind the door with the electrical box.”
	“I can do that. I know where the door is.”
	Joseph got up and walked to another room, opened the door, and saw nothing but breakers.
	“Miss Light, there’s no book here. I see only breakers. Now what?”
	“There is a panel on the wall next to the breakers. Open that panel and you will find the ancient book.”
	“Okay…. I found a panel. I see the book... Wow, it’s dusty. The cover must’ve been nice when it was new.”
	“Be careful with the book.”
	“Oh, I’ll be very careful with this book. I only had one beer. I’m calm, but my mind is still blown away. Just completely.... poof.” He shook his head at what was unfolding in his life.
	Joseph loved books as much as he loved being a draftsman’s. There was knowledge in books. He couldn’t wait to read it.
	 “Open the book to page 111. On that page, there should be a feather bookmarker.” 
	“Yep, I see the old feather bookmarker. Now what do I do?”
	“Read the tale of the snake to me.”
	“Okay, but I don’t get to read the whole book or keep it?”
	“No. After you read the pages about the snake, the words will change to fit another time in history, as needed. These words about the snake are for the time now.”
	“Do I need to write down these words?”
	“Yes, but when you are done, the book goes back behind the panel in the wall. The writings will fade away.”
	“I understand that part. I’ll read the pages and then add them to my other writings to make sure I get all of it right. I have this feeling that I won’t ever talk to you again, Miss Light.”
	“You are correct. We will never talk again. I like you Joseph. Treat Jenny well.”
	“Jenny is my everything. She brought joy back into my life. Like I said, I would die for her. My little Lazuli.” Joseph grinned at the light and began reading.

 The Ancient Tale of the Divine Snake
	There shall be an intense solar eclipse that will cross the middle land of the North Earth. It will cast a shadow straight through the center of the lands from west to east. In this shadow of darkness, a new awakening will enter the Earth. An awakening of the likes that humans have not seen in 25,000 years.
	When this happens, there will be 20 leaders on planet Earth, around the globe, who have a pus-filled soul and a fractured heart. Hypocrisy is their name and the truth they cannot bear. They split humans apart with the use of their tongue and the stroke of a pen. They rip mothers apart from their babies; sisters apart from their brothers; fathers apart from their sons. They pit neighbor against neighbor. Family against family. No one will survive their wrath. No one can control their scorn. Humans will be scattered throughout the land, barren and torn, walking around looking like the skeletons who wait for the reaper to bring them to the river for a shiny coin.
	There will be gigantic blocks of cracking ice to the North, catastrophic winds to the South, raging fires to the West, and endless droughts to the East. 
Everything on Earth was said to begin with an evil snake, and the awakening on Earth will begin with a divine snake. The first snake, who was in a garden was evil, and the leaders of Earth will be like the first snake. The second snake, whose voice will come from the light, will be divine. The divine snake will help the 20 Lazuli bring peace. When the divine snake has completed this mission, the Earth will understand peace.  The beginning.
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	“I like the ending stated as the beginning. Sounds hopeful… You know, Miss Light, we had a powerful eclipse already. It was all over the news.”
	“Good. Peace will come quickly.”
	“Okay,” Joseph shrugged. “Just so I have this right, all I do is read the ancient tale about the snake to Jenny. The other stuff I wrote is for me to read and understand. Right?”
	“Correct. The ancient tale is very important. After you read the tale of the divine snake to Jenny, your words will disappear from the paper.”
	“Right now, I need to put the book back in the wall panel?” Joseph was getting tired, but wanted to make sure he did everything he was supposed to do.
	“Correct.”
	“That’s all?”
	“Correct. Tomorrow, you take your writings and read every word to Jenny in the AM hours. Do not skip one word of the ancient tale. She will know what her mission is to bring peace with the help of a divine snake. It was a pleasure to talk to you.”
	“I stayed in The Parlor for two hours and I have to say it was a pleasure talking to you too. Just reading to Jenny seems like such a small part for me to help her, but I do have that right. Yes?” Joseph was still bewildered.
	“Correct. You read to her. The part you have to fulfill is the most important part. You are not a Lazuli, but you love her. Without you reading the ancient story of the snake, Jenny will stay in a coma forever and they will take her away until she dies.  You must read each word to her that you wrote in the AM morning hours.”
	“I’ll help my Jenny. First thing in the morning, I’ll read each word to her. I promise. I can’t believe I’ve spent two hours talking to a light. No one will believe me.”
	“Jenny will believe you. That’s all that matters.”
	“Yes, it is, Miss Light. I thank you.”
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	Joseph got up to put the ancient book back inside of the panel in the wall. He tucked the notes in his suit jacket and left to go home. When he got home, he rolled up his papers and slipped them into a small tube that he kept his blueprint drawings in. He felt consoled knowing that he was going to help Jenny so she could come back home. 
	Joseph’s phone rang. It was Jim.
	“Hi Jim. I just had the weirdest thing happen to me. One day I may tell you all about it. Just blew my mind, man. Poof.”
	“Is Jenny worse?”
	“No, not worse. They say everything is the same except her skin is turning blue. I looked good at her skin when the doctor was there for a skin scraping, and it is.”
	“What are they going to do about it?”
	“Jim, I’ll tell you about everything when I get back to the office in a few days.  Okay?”
	“Sure. Look… I called to let you know I need the specs for the bid we got. The office has the drawings, but the specs are missing. I know you have a lot going on, but we have a meeting tomorrow and…”
	“No big deal, Jim. Stop by tomorrow morning before I go to see Jenny. I’ll give them to you.”
	“Will do that. I hope everything goes well with Jenny.”
	“I think everything will be okay with Jenny. As a matter of fact, I’m sure she’ll be okay.”
	“Well… that’s great news. I’ll tell everyone in the office. They’ll be glad to hear that news.”
	They said goodbye and he slide his phone off.
	Joseph felt so much calmer after he spoke to the small chandelier. Something that was so bizarre, made him feel so good.
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