Most of the business's employees were present andthey had all made some effort to dress up in keeping with the theme of theparty. The men were mostly ...ressed in drag; most in tacky rental costumeswith hairy legs sticking out of from under cheap skirts and dresses andoutrageous makeup looking like the actors from the movie ?Pricilla; Queenof the Desert'. Some had made more of an effort; probably dressed by wivesor girlfriends, and could almost pass as women in the darken room whichwas lit only. "Ibrought a couple books from the library with me. While the boys arecleaning up, I'll read you all a story, if your moms' say it wasokay."The men worked three hours, but finally had a wonderful smell fillingthe house. Some of the women who had planned to spend the evenings intheir rooms had been lured down by the smells, although they clusterednear the door, still fearful. The three men placed the dishes on thetable, never getting too close to the middle of the room. Bruce andAdam retreated to. ? I?m a hunter of long experience, with anespecial liking for, and especial skill in catching, youngsters.? Don?t try to pick up my trail from here;there is none.? [He was right aboutthat.]? I?ve seen you several times,and though you?re at the older end of what I like to hunt, you?re just so cuteI?ve decided to make you mine.? Here?show it?s going to be:? I?ll give you ayear.? Just be breathing a year fromtoday, and I won?t bother you again.?Though I?m exceptionally talented, I?m not. Out of the 4, 3 were already married and I had heard that they have fixed the last one’s marriage being due after like 6 months, in the winter. When I enquired with my dad about the ritual, he just said, its because they fixed up the younger daughter’s marriage so they have this ritual to be conducted by the cousin brother who is still not married.I didn’t bother too much and decided to go in the next day in the morning itself. I did call up the relative about my coming tomorrow and reached to.