I did tell Vera about the engagement and wedding, God knows when. I told her this time I was going to have a wedding. She also thought that Ray and I ...ere good together.The following month Ray said he had a surprise for me. I had to wonder what he bought this time. He was always spending money. We drove out in the country and on a bank overlooking a river he took me to a beautiful home. It was priced out at a half million dollars but said he got it for four hundred fifty thousand."You bought. .. well, evil. I looked into the gateway, and shuddered. A dark robed and cowled figure stood within the gate, and looked out at us. I shuddered as I felt its regard.It said something in a language I didn't know, and the man responded. He stepped behind the woman and shoved her into the gate. With a scream of pure terror she was caught by the figure and seemed to melt into it, her screams cut off abruptly.The thing, figure, laughed and tried to step through the gate. Still something held it in. Lyons, you’ve known my mom a long time. She never talks about my dad, did you ever meet him. I mean did my mom ever have men around when I was younger.”Mrs. Lyons closed the distance between them, placing her hand on the girl’s tanned shoulder. “To be honest Julie I never met your father, and your mother never said much about him.” Mrs. Lyons let her hand run through Juile’s soft hair picking out the bits of grass..“No, there were no men to speak of. But there were women. Your mother was very. ."--------Per tutta la notte non ho fatto altro che rimurginare sulla cosa....Davvero mia madre ha pensato una cosa del genere? Io, un ragazzo di 15anni, che vado a lavorare in un negozio di intimo spacciandomi per unadonna?? Gi? mi immaginavo con la parrucca bionda, una gonnellina e lavoce in falsetto che dico "Signora guardi questo reggiseno le sta unafavola, se vuole ho anche le mutande abbinate.... e abbiamo anche unofferta strepitosa sui collant, io ne ho addirittura comprati 5 paiaperch?.