” The man smiled in the dark, “I can hear your thoughts my dear morsel. You’re wondering how am I able to speak so ... fluently.” He walked a ...hort distance away and watched something over the railing.Claude stood next to him and watched in horror as many roach like bugs swarmed the dead bodies of his fellow marines. Several were conscious enough to start screaming as thousands upon thousands of baseball sized bugs swarmed their bodies. The screams echoed in the massive coliseum. One by one the. The sales lady, wore a tag indicating her name was "Lillian" she was a lady in her late 50's and stylish hair was gracious and attractive, obviously wearing clothes from the boutique. Going from one rack to the other was fun as she held up one outfit after another. She seemed as if she was shedding some of her earlier dreariness and was beginning to lighten up. Holding one particular dress up to her and pulling it tight across her bosom, she asked me what I thought. Without thinking I said, "It. It was awesome!i stood bubbling with excitement and happiness for a moment, in my mind i couldn't quite believe that this cute college dorm mate of mine had just kissed me and told me I was beautiful! "YOu're soo sweet" i said, wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing him again, "You just made this girl feel soooo good" i whispered in his ear as our kiss broke. "YOu want to dance?" he asked, wrapping his arms around my waist and grinding his crotch into me. "yes please baby! " i replied. Help yourself.’ She poured some into a mug that I had put on the counter, added a heaping spoonful of sugar, and sat down across the table from me. In the pale morning light Melissa looked worse than ever. She was thin, even emaciated. And were age lines already appearing around her eyes? While I had been re-building my life, what had she been doing with hers? ‘You know my father? Did you talk to him?’ ‘Uh huh.’ ‘Wouldn’t take me in even for one night, would he?’ ‘No.’ ‘That son of a bitch.’ ‘I.