. I'll be back soon." She kissed me, carefully so she wouldn't smudge her lipstick, and I huddled on the bed watching her leave.I'd just finished a sh...wer, a long hot one, finding that as hot as the water could get, it wasn't enough. I felt cold inside, all the way down into my bones and my stomach ached, twisting painfully as felt that hunger growing. It was a cruel thing and my instincts were telling me it was time ... Time to do ... Something. I wasn't sure exactly what, but I had a vague. I'll try not to stay too long." Do you want me to go with you?" She had to think quickly. "No, but I do need you to do me a favor and vacuum the living room floor?" Sure, but I vacuumed it yesterday." "I know, but the dog shredded a newspaper sometime last night, and it needs it again." Mathew shrugged his shoulders while she went into the bedroom to put on the dress, and yes to take off her panties. Her heart was beating as she drove to the store, and she could feel her pubic hairs getting wet. It was pretty messy and it was obvious Mark was dead. Mark could see this as he hovered over the accident site. He could see his Van and what seemed a sea of blood and he knew he was most certainly dead. He felt like he was floating. He looked at himself and saw a long umbilical cord coming out of him and it was broken at the end. He had read books on that and it was your life line and could only be broken in death as it attached your spirit form to your body. Seeing it broken depressed Mark,. Charmaine kept a record of everything we bought—even down to having checked the receipts for the cleaning supplies the moms bought and the paint Dad bought.“These are things that apply to the cost of living here that exceeds the rent. If we ever get a complaint, all we need to do is show all our receipts and threaten to charge the landlord for improvements to his property.”She loved the numbers and had a dozen different spreadsheets that included a breakout of what each of us had contributed.