" Cindy had given him the watch for Christmas. It worked fine until he had dropped it into the sink."I'm tired of your excuses, Fred. Something has to...teach you to pay more attention." She was watching out the window as they drove slowly through town. Fred hadn't been going anywhere exactly, just driving.Cindy noticed that they had left the main downtown section and were passing through a fringe area. There were lots of cheesy motels and adult theaters. She remembered reading in the newspaper. ??What?? Cory staggered into the store and panted as he rested on adisplay of band shirts. ?Standing our ground? This is the worst planever! You?re banned from plan making from here on out!?A haunting chorus of laughter erupted from the hallway.The hairs on theback of Robert?s neck stood up as the vacant faces of each mannequingiggled at the boys? predicament. Though he didn?t want to say itoutloud, he was starting to wonder if Cory wasn?t right about the horrormovie thing.?Now zat iz funny.. Sorry.”Vinnie got up and stretched; he was quickly replaced by Daniel, who continued to talk as he executed his set.“You kiddin’ me?” he said. “What’s ... oof ... goin’ on with you this week, Will? You only came out on Wednesday and ... oof ... even then it was like you were on Mars or somethin’. Hey one-a you jokers put some donuts on this or ... oof ... something? Feels ... oof ... heavier than usual.” He racked the bar, clanking it into place, and sat up. “Your old man chew you out again or. As we continued to chit chat, he started to slide slowly around toward where I was in the hot tub. He told me that he was single and was a banker in New York, but needed to get away for some serious stress relief. He then asked whether I was there by myself. I then told him about my unusual predicament. “My friend, Sarah, who was my roommate for this trip, was out trying to locate the guy that she had been so interested in the last trip, but hadn’t done anything.“ I could see the smirk on this.