" Did you get your ---?"I thought she wanted to ask if my powers had come back, so I quicklyinterrupted. "Shhh, honey. No, that didn't happen. But, pl...ase,remember that we never talk about important family things like thatover the phone." Okay. I'm sorry, Mommy. Did you hear how a super bomb landed on NewYork? That's on the right side of the map, isn't it?" Yes, Button. It's terrible news. Try not to think about it." And they said on TV that a monster attacked the mall were we alwaysshop.. Steven’s mouth fell open quite literally. His eyes widened and found their way to the pile of money in the bag. Sweat trickled from his brow and ran along his cheek. He felt hot. Hot and confused and very, very excited.“Sir, uh, there’s no way. There just no way you’d give me all of this! I can’t even...I can’t even...” he cleared his through as his thoughts began to tumble over one another and he could no longer find any words to speak. He just sat there staring and thinking without a single. I saw them all as they came to pawn shop to receive short term loans. Our advantage was that we are one of a very few pawn shops in a radius of about five to ten miles. “Thank you,” the Hispanic man replied as he walked off toward the door wearing his job outfit that looked to be from a local meat processing factory. At a pawn shop you also see a variety of different income levels as the economy is hurting. You also get a chance to see a variety of women come in and out. “Damn, that blond. Callie was just barely 18 but she was already as great a beauty as her mother. She had her mother's large hazel eyes but long blonde hair and an easy smile. Her body was perfect and she liked to show it off. She would often stop by wearing really tight jeans and short dresses, although my favorite was always when she stopped by after cheerleading practice, still wearing her uniform.I spent hours dreaming about both of them nude and in my bed although I knew I never had a chance with either one..