A few minutes later, Rosario returned, carrying a packet of red candles, a couple of chalks and a bottle of red wine.
“Set up the candles, I’ll draw the triangle,” Christine told Vanessa and took the chalk from her dad’s hand. She began drawing a white triangle near the far end of the room.
David watched on silently as Vanessa arranged the red candles one by one, creating a fairly large ring in the center of the room. After she had finished placing all the candles she grabbed the bottle of red wine, uncorked it and placed it inside the triangle.
By this time Christine had also finished drawing the triangle. She got up and dusted her hands and then stepped inside the circle. Vanessa lit all the candles before joining her friend.
“Dad, you can’t stay here once we begin the ritual. You n
