What had that kiss been about? It had felt just like the kiss Missy had given him a few minutes before, at least until Missy had shoved her tongue in ...is mouth. *There was a cookout later that day that left everyone complaining about stuffed tummies. After cleanup, they all settled down in front of the television. Helen went to bed early, mentioning a morning showing the next day. Robert dozed on and off in his recliner until eleven o'clock, and then he gave it up and turned in. That left Missy. We talked some more and I began to think she really wanted to do it, so in the end I simply said, ‘if we do it, you know it can’t be undone’. Then I let her decide if we went to dinner.We went, we all did the ‘you look different with your clothes on’ joke and then had a pleasant dinner, BBQ, salad, fruit, beer and wine. The conversation was light and varied, the beach came up a couple of times and we both asked each other if we had made any other friends there. The answer was no both ways.They. She decided it didn't matter either way. Everyone - even the girl's brothers - was happy that she was somewhere else.Chuck Pena had been amazingly pleasant throughout the afternoon - going so far as to let Lupe scramble up on his shoulders in order to take an overhead shot of one of the poses the group formulated at the park. Chuck's height had left Lupe's face almost eight feet in the air - far above the milling crowd - so she'd taken pictures of everything while she had Chuck turn in a. Then, with one smooth motion he tore it clean off from Lucian. Right before he saw his arm in another person’s hands he passed out.From pain?From shock?Masked creature stared at his handiwork. Eventually discarding the offending limb like it was trash. The blood seeped through the wound in endless stream. He released and let Lucian fall to the floor. As if coming through the very walls white individuals circled around the one holding Lucian. Turning on his heals he let the several men rush past.