Then they asked, “Are you coming with us?”They asked the question because I normally don’t go for funerals.And so, I said, “No, I’m not comi...g. I don’t wanna travel for that long and I don’t wanna go for that funeral. I have work to do. You guys go ahead”.And so, they said okay, and then started to pack their bags. It was a 2 day trip to that place, and so, they began packing.I was on my way to go upstairs to my room when I heard my mom asking me to call the maid. And so, I came down from the. I tried to suppress it but after a moment the part of me that was fighting back was absorbed, and the rest of me followed suit. I stood dazed for a moment and then looked back at the hunter. I felt a heat in my face and knew I was blushing. I loved the man before me with all my heart. A part of me said he was a disgusting pig, astonishing me that I could think such things about the man. I quickly banished that ugly thought. The man leaned in and kissed me. I parted my lips, offering no. Ian had got away with his attitude with the previous manager because he had liked Ian, he could be funny in a slightly sexist way and his cocky manner went over well with the lads in the office but not with her. Carol was in her 40s, gym fit, hair pulled back, always dressed in fitted business suits and as Ian described her behind her back a bull dyke. She was not amused or impressed by this man child just cruising through his day. She had complained of his attitude, his attendance, lateness. Pooleis one. They look after their own." Is that how he did this to me, Gypsy magic?" I scoffed. I was beginningto feel like I was in one of the classic black and white monster movies.All the characters were there, vampires, gypsies; the only thing missingwas a werewolf."Don't be so quick to discount it, Paul. There are more things out therethan you'd imagine." But," he continued seeing the worry on my face. "To ease your mind,there's this."He opened the bottom right hand drawer of the vanity..