She hugged me a little tighter and pushed her face into the top of my chest."Jack. I missed this so much." I'd like to say I did, too, but I was so ou... of it I didn't know what was going on. Was Mom here? And Mary and Sara? And Chris?" Everyone was up here but Chris. Mary helped me out a lot. So did Wanda. Boy, did she pitch in. She did about four loads of laundry, as well as most of the actual work on the chicken soup." Oh, that soup was so good. I was so hungry last night and that really hit. "White and Hern split from one another, each heading in a different direction around the circle."I'll warn you one last time," said the man, showing a slight tremor in the wake of Iosoan's powerful voice. "Leave the spears as they are, or my men will open fire on you."No reply. White and Hern each lowered another spear to the ground. Then, as if to shed more light on the horrific scene, the sun made its first presence known by splashing the ice-rings in white light. Under the gray sky, the. The house looked still, too still. Usually, the drapes would be open, with the sounds of the radio playing and Jill's slightly off-key singing voice, as she bustled around in the kitchen preparing the evening meal, would greet Jack as he came home. He sat behind the steering wheel a moment, just looking at the house."What's going on?" he worried to himself.Jack slowly gathered his suitcase and work items and tiredly walked to the front door. Jill's abruptness on the phone and the unsettling. So now I was stuck with nothing to do on a Friday and nowhere to go. I phoned one of my buddies, and he said that him and few other of our friends were planning to head out to a bar for some food and drinks later, so I agreed to meet them.Not even two seconds after hanging up with my buddy I get a text from "H" that just says "Come over tonight." Immediately I felt weak at the knees. I hadn't heard from him in a few weeks and it had been at least five months since that one night. I figured he.