Suzanne didn't need Vincent to hear what was going on inside her study. She waited, invisible and intangible, outside the door. When Louie had left, she solidified and became visible, colour seeming to return one shade at a time, from black and white to her normal self.<br/><br/>She walked through the door, leaving the study door open.<br/><br/>"Gisele," she said, "I think we need to have a short chat, about Katherine."<br/><br/>She made her way around her desk to sit down in her chair. She wasn't pleased about Louie trying to summon his father, but she knew more than enough on the subject to prevent him doing anything catastrophic if it came to that. A conversation for another time though.<br/><br/>"However, as I'm absolutely certain that you'll consider it to be in your best interests to be nice, I think we can leave our chat at a simple, be careful, or at least subtle. Katherine is not a witch by any standard, but she does possess magic, and she is family, both of which make her part of my responsibilities."<br/><br/>She said her last word with a certain ominous quality, making it clear that Katherine was, for the time being, protected by the fact that Suzanne said so.<br/><br/>"Don't you have a friend around the house somewhere?" she asked, changing tones almost immediately, "I have work to do."<br/><br/>This time she meant to be left alone, as she pulled open a desk drawer, and pulled out a pen, her hadj already reaching for the practically antique telephone on the desk.<br/>