The Good Witch Page #5

- October 24th, 19...

- Jake,

you don't ask a lady questions like that.

Your name's not Cassandra

Nightingale is it?

It is my name.

You're so good at getting

everyone else to open up.

Why can't you?

My parents were performers,

traveled all over Europe.

It was a magical time.

They died in a car crash outside Zurich

and I was sent to a foster

family back in the US.

That must have been hard.

They were so strict on me.

Killed the magic.

So I ran away and I made sure that

no one would ever find me again.

And you've been running ever since.

Not running.

Experiencing new places.

Like Middleton?

Hey,

if you like new places, there's this

French restaurant, it's on route 20

and... no you've been to Europe,

you probably think this is...

Terrific.

Yeah? Friday?

7?

Make it 7:
20.

7:
20?

That way I'll pretend it's

7 and I'll be there on time.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Good.

- Yeah.

All right, thanks.

Bye. I mean,

see you then.

I will not dream of Jake Russell.

I will not dream of Jake Russell.

She is scaring away every last hope

this community has of attracting investors.

Her black magic shop is a dagger

through the heart of our

lovely business district.

Now if the police won't

do anything about it,

then we as citizens must take action.

Martha,

don't you think you're judging Miss

Nightingale just a little harshly.

These are the dark arts

that she's practicing

and selling right under our noses.

You know Nancy, perhaps you could better

understand the gravity of the situation

if you too had children to protect.

My own two sons, Dylan and Michael

tell me that at school they

call her the Witch woman,

- and for very good reasons.

- Oh, is that true?

She makes strange potions.

She converse with animals

and she has that drunken

Walter Cobb living under

the same roof with her.

Now is this really the sort of thing

that we want here in Middleton?

No.

Good.

Then let's show her exactly how we feel.

Oh, can I help you?

I just wanted to meet the lady

who is the talk of my household.

I'm George O'Hanrahan.

Lori & Brandon's grandfather.

Oh, grandpa, it's so nice to meet you.

I'm Cassie Nightingale.

Hi, I know who you are.

Oh George, don't believe

everything you hear.

The Bell, Book & Candle.

Interesting.

I think I have something

inside that you might like.

Oh?

A shamrock from the emerald isle.

Now how did you know I'm from the old sod?

Was it the name O'Hanrahan,

or my devilish good looks?

Oh, just a lucky guess.

My grandfather was a County Claire man.

Lived a stone's throw

from the cliffs of Moher.

I always wanted to

stand on those cliffs.

Why don't you?

Go back to Ireland?

No, at first we couldn't afford it,

then my little girl Jenny came along

and then we really couldn't afford it

and then...

now there's a sensible reason.

No George, never do the sensible thing.

Getting old.

Sure beats the alternative.

Do yourself a favor.

Hide this away, bring it out

again when there's a full moon.

A full moon?

Yes, that's the time to reconsider

your impossible dream.

- How much for this?

- Oh no. It's a gift.

No, I couldn't.

Just promise me you'll do it.

Thank you.

Important City Council Meeting.

Please, come voice your

concerns at the meeting.

Important City council

meeting in two weeks sir,

please come voice your concerns.

Bell, Book & Candle is as a black

magic store must be closed down.

Please, come voice your

concerns at the meeting.

Have you seen this?

You're not going to let the

old biddies on the Citizen's

Committee do this to

Miss Nightingale, are you?

Are you?

She doesn't deserve this.

So you've fallen for her spell too.

Nothing of the sort.

About dinner; it'll be stew and cabbage.

Actually I've got...

Working again huh?

No, I've got a casual dinner thing,

just to thank Miss

Nightingale for all she's done.

What do you think about that?

I think it's a grand idea.

Thank you very much sir.

Thank you.

Excuse me, madam, may I

have a moment of y our time.

Sign the petition.

Stop the Bell, Book & Candle.

Voice your concerns to City

Council on November 1st.

I'll be coming.

Well, thank you for your time.

Martha?

What are you doing?

- Exercising my rights as a citizen.

- What about her rights?

Well clearly you won't do

anything so you leave me no choice.

What do you hope to accomplish?

Article 237 of the City Ordinance states,

and I quote,

'if said business is shown to not be

in the best interest of the community,

it's license can be revoked'.

And who decides that?

Concerned citizens of Middleton.

Clearly you're not one of

them so kindly step aside.

Martha, you're obstructing the sidewalk

and the entrance to that store.

Go ahead, arrest me!

Our campaign could

use the free publicity.

Help! Police brutality!

Why didn't you call?

Well there's nothing you

can do; not this time.

Mrs. Tinsdale is a royal pain.

Middleton's a lovely place, but I

wonder if it's the right place for me.

If the community doesn't want me...

Well the Citizen's League

is not the community.

Several people have stopped

to sign her petition.

Which people?

You can't let these

busybodies run you out of town.

They have their reasons

for wanting me to go,

so I wonder...

do I have a good reason to stay?

there's your home, your business,

all the work you've done.

You can't leave now.

About tonight, I think we should cancel.

You're the chief of police, you

can't appear to be taking sides.

I'm a citizen too.

Who works for the mayor.

I don't want you losing your

job over a thank you dinner.

Besides, you've already said

thank you to me many times.

Cassie...

I'm going to close up early.

Say hi to the kids.

Close the Bell, Book & Candle.

Sign our petition.

Make your views known to city council.

Come over here right now.

We need you to sign this.

As a parent, you must

know how important this is.

Hello? Could you sign our petition?

Please sign our petition.

Close the Bell, Book and Candle.

Excuse me? Have you signed our petition?

Dad?

Hey Brandon.

Kyle wasn't at school today.

I'm worried that something's happened.

He's going to be fine.

He's with his grandmother in Newton.

Is he gonna be okay?

He's going to be all right.

You did the right thing telling me.

Thanks for helping him dad.

Sure.

what is this?

Cassie gave it to me.

It's Irish eyes.

I got this old Irish song

going through my head.

It's driving me nuts. I

don't know how to stop it.

Well why don't you try listening

to some different music.

I don't believe it.

Shouldn't you be getting ready?

Didn't you have a dinner date?

Oh, change of plans.

But you're still gonna see her?

I don't think so.

Look Jake, it's time you

moved on with your life.

It's time we all did.

I just think with everything

that's going on in the community

- it's just not...

- Stop making excuses!

When there's a full moon over head,

tired me Celtic.

Tired me Celtic.

Walk in the Celtic way.

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