Dumbass.I closed the door behind me. Wooden shutters kept out all the light and it was tempting to flick the light switch next to my shoulder, but for...now I made do with the small, pencil thin flashlight I’d brought with me. I’d covered the lens with a red piece of see-through paper from a piece of candy I’d been offered after my dinner at the House of Pancakes, because red light is far less noticeable and also apparently keeps your eyes adjusted to the dark. Fun fact (because I love fun facts,. " I laughed. Zack and Shane had met through our group that occasionally hung out together. For some reason I felt a little twinge of jealousy that they had talked about me and yet it was strangely exciting, too. "He was bragging on his roomie for scoring with some chick last week. He looks up to you." Shane looked at me and smiled knowingly. "I gathered you didn't tell him I was there." No," I admitted. "Wasn't sure how to explain that part so I just left it out." "Oh yeah, I. One night, years earlier, he had crawled up high and laid himself in the snow on the treetops. Kokata had expected the pale man to eventually come. He hadn’t. Instead the world had slowly sped up. Day had come far sooner than he had believed a night could pass. And the sun of day had moved so swiftly he had almost been able to see the movement, and the occasional winter-birds had sped across the sky like shooting stars. It had been like a dream. Eventually, he had risen. Moving about in the. See you soon lover, and let me know about the coat. Sally” After reading it I was rather upset, she hadn’t noticed my arrival would be first thing in the morning, not to mention she wanted even more money, and for what? Some damned fur coat? I muttered under my breath as I thought it over and decided what to say. My reply was far more anxious sounding than I wanted, but frustration was about to overtake my mood. “No doll…… .