.. better." Well, Tink has a hell of a lot better voice than a lot of the old rockers," I interjected."Oh, you!" Tink said poking my stomach with her ...inger. "You think smooth talking will get you anything and you know something? You're right!" She glanced behind me and frowned."Shit! Mom's heading this way with her new boy-toy. I'm getting out of here and taking your girlfriend with me to do a little consumer research. You don't mind, do you, Danny?" She looked at me almost pleading. I. And you know it, so don’t give me any of that kind of crap,’ I smiled right back at her. ‘Anyway, I was a senior and she had already graduated and was in her second year of law school and was close to head of her class, grades wise. She was really driven to be one of the ‘greatest’ and her father had set that bar from her and that was where she was almost totally focused. Benjamin Rosenbaum, her Dad, was a lawyer as well – and she was destined to join and eventually run his already established. She had three-year-old twin hellions who were out of control. Our little flirtation ended when Emma bopped one of the boys in his snot locker for something. The mother got all offended so I collected Emma and we left.From McDonalds we went to Dairy Queen. I bought myself a small Oreo Blizzard and a chocolate cone for Emma. We ate sitting at a picnic table; Emma entertained me with a story about going to the fair and riding a pony. It took a dozen napkins to squeegee the chocolate off her face.. "Hello!" May called out in a deep voice. "Is anybody home?" Hello!" April repeated, her voice husky, but not as deep. "Our car broke down and we?d like to use your phone!"They moved farther into the parlor and peered into some of the other rooms. Lightning lit up the place eerily, but nobody was to be seen. Theirs were the only footprints on the dusty floor."Sure is spooky in here," April remarked as the thunder boomed. She could feel the hairs on the back of her neck rising up underneath her.