Back in my car, I drove to my house.“I live about twenty-five minutes away up in Sunset Beach, North Carolina. When we get there I’d like you to g... to my guest bathroom. Drop your clothes outside the door. You can lock all three doors so you’ll be assured of privacy. Use the medicated shampoo on your hair then if you wrap one of the big towels around your body I’ll come in and use the fine-toothed comb to pull out any nits. Now…don’t be insulted, but the pharmacist said you might have them in. ”The eyeless nodded, and resumed carving. Where he’d once been enthusiastic and speedy with the crafting, now he was slowed, and each incision was deliberate.“He’s dead, and she blames Garry on some level. Much of what happened during the purge happened because of him, because he sided with the Prince, because he...” The old man sighed, and slit some random lines into subtle curves along the sloped back end of the wood. Barbs of feathers? “Now that he has truly perished, Maria no doubt feels. Did he mean for me to walk from the car to his apartment topless? God, he was so manly and confident. I started to pull my skirt down, but he stopped that too. For some reason that just excited me more than I’ve ever been excited. Like way more. I could feel myself getting completely wet. He was apparently going to walk me into his apartment building practically nude right in front of his neighbors and everyone! And it wasn’t even nearly dark yet. It made me feel so proud that he wanted to. Everyone ordered the special except Jack who was vegan. There were three bottles of wine on the table, cabernet, chablis and rose. Dinner was delicious. We all drank a good bit of wine. Desert was a tableside flambe.Once everyone had finished their dinner the lights were dimmed and a small dance band began playing. I held out my hand to Carol and we danced to a slow reggae song. Carol molded her body to mine. I could smell her fresh hair and body. Carol put her head on my shoulder and.