She sat down on a chair at the kitchen table happy to get off her burnt foot and pulled a bag of groceries towards her. Quickly she sorted through the...different bags working out what she needed to put away and what would wait for Brad to put away when he got back from work. ‘Will you be alright until your man gets back from work?’ Gerald asked as he placed several more bags of groceries on the table. ‘I’ll be fine thanks. Say hallo to your wife when you visit her for me.’ ‘Tanaya said as he. No one really came here to get any work done. Rather, people sat in judgment of each other in this warm, muggy room, so muggy that the wallpaper perspired and peeled in places.He took a seat on the first chair nearest to the entrance. Like a cobra he waited for the other professors to arrive. He was usually asked to sit in judgment, and he liked this position of power, so extreme that with the slight nod of the head or a wave of the hand he could expel anyone he wanted. The rest of the. T. had often skated near the mall. The sidewalks were smooth and well maintained and there were lots of interesting concrete ramps, benches and curves. The mall rent-a-cops would chase you if they saw you, but the day those fat clowns could catch K.T. was the day she hung up her board for good.She reached the glass doors, slung her board under one arm and went inside.Ug.The mall was so fake. Fake people walked past fake plants, buying from fake shops and cooing over their fake happiness. K.T.. Its yellow eyes bored into me and its teeth were bared. All I could think of was to demonstrate that I might not be as easy to eat as I appeared. My eyes glowed and I matched the panther’s teeth with my fangs. The panther never budged. However, her, and somehow I knew it was a ‘her’, mouth closed and the hunting light in her eyes was replaced by a look that almost seemed questioning. In response, I let my face return to its human form. She slipped closer, her eyes fixed on the chained people..