Introduction: Little Victor Alvarez doesn鈥檛 believe in the spirits like his mother, but he knows that there鈥檚 some force out there pulling all the strings. How else could he explain his odd friendship with his 80 year old neighbor? Nan Chevalier has had a long, perfectly fulfilling life--but she鈥檚 still haunted by what could have been. Closure, like many things, comes in a well-disguised package. It comes in the form of Vic Alvarez.In Natchitoches, the spirit of wonder is very much alive....