" The man brings his fingerto his mouth and I stop speaking. "Look you have 2 choices either give mewhat I want or everyone will know what you are" I ...hink about my friends andfamily shit this is no choice I think of a third maybe I could run or fightwhat is he doing in my house anyway. I answer my own questions by seeing theelectricity board badge on his overalls which are lying on the floor and thesize if him compared with me and how could I run dressed like this. "Yougonna play nice" he asks. ” Mark felt his jacket pocket. “I still have the mushroom lock with me. Someone should bike down there with another lock. Take a side-car too, pick up our bikes.”Emily blinked at a sudden realization and hissed, “Of course! The two brothers, Jacob and Esau! The Black Mall home complex is through Jacob’s Bar and Grill.”Jada growled and asked derisively, “Was this place designed as a childish joke?!”For an instant, Mark thought Jada’s rhetorical question held a profound nugget of insight,. *Have you ever gotten to the point in your life where you realize that everything just sucks? Today was that day for me, just woke up and realized that I have a crappy writing job at a crappy editing place with even crappier pay. Too bad crappy is just enough to get the bills paid. My name is Lucy, and I could really use a vacation. As for introductions I can’t imagine I am doing such a fine job at this point, but let us pretend I’m not trying to impress or compete against you for a moment. “Yes,” Ellie managed to reply. “Sure – come on in.” By the time these words were out of her mouth, Katherine was already halfway down the hallway. The younger woman closed the front door gently behind her, not turning around to face Katherine. Eventually, she turned and could see that the older lady was studying the property closely. “I haven’t broken anything, Katherine,” Ellie said nervously. “Mmm.” Katherine Cook replied quietly. She made her way into the kitchen and then the living.