"Did Mom know this great-grandpa?" I asked.

"She never met him, either. She was pregnant with you when he died and left me his books. I'll never forget the look on her face when they arrived in the mail. She looked like she was about to go into labor. I don't think she was big on magic."

Oh, Dad. If you only knew.

"So she didn't know great-grandpa believed in that stuff when she married you?" I asked.

"Well, I didn't believe in it."

So it had ...