The two slot machines they’d been sitting at when they met their guys were on the main floor, right next to a walkway. I still had much of my Winnem...cca winnings so gave each of our ladies a hundred dollars, which I hoped would last until their two paramours arrived - if they did. I wasn't sure if I hoped they would or wouldn't. Then I kissed my wife on the cheek and told her to have fun, that we’d be around somewhere. Tanner did the same with his wife.Then he and I wandered around for a bit. I figured she was out shoveling the walk. She thought it was better to shovel three or four times with light snow, than one time, with a thick cover. I was the one that usually did the shoveling, so I was sort of glad that she would get to enjoy it while I was gone.Marsha and I had been happily married for twenty-two years. We had two sons in college, so when I had to take my trips, she was left alone. Once in a while, she would go along if it was an interesting location, but usually she was. “I don’t feel well…” Julie constantly whines as always when she’s told to do something by her parents.Daniel notices that the party has not started yet. No one except for Corey, Delmar, Randy, Seth, and himself is in the house. The guys are all in the kitchen helping Corey with prepping the house for party when they see Daniel, the leader of these beasts. Here’s a brief intro to these strangers:Corey: 6 ft. 1 in.; football player with no steady girlfriend; his house is the base for the guys. ......Here, I stopped my story, the memory too vivid in my mind, I had only been ten when I buried my parents. Again she held me as I wept uncontrollably before she led me to my bed, covering me with my blanket. Her hands stroking my hair as I let the years of hidden grief come pouring out.When I woke, I found her fast asleep, lying on the floor beside my bed, she still had hold of my hand. Quietly, I rose, trying not to wake her but as I lay her arm across her body, I saw the dried salt on her.