"Mike was almost reaching for the bag. "Another one won't hurt. It justmeans we eat another blue one."He had convinced himself to eat another and that...was all he needed.James too, could not resist their flavour and they each took a pinksweet. Eagerly unwrapping them and shoving them in their mouths,simultaneously letting out what was almost a moan of delight!They decided to skip the rest of school and head to the mall. On theten minute walk they each had two more pink sweets. The change in. Hanigan and I had agreed on my slider to right-handed batters as long as I was confident it would bite. It had been in warmups, so it should now. I didn't throw as inside as I usually did, but it looked inside enough to make the batter jump back while the ball was over the white of the plate. My next pitch was a four-seam fastball at the knees. The guy's swing was very late. His last pitch was my slow curve that should be easy to hit, but it was like a changeup and a batter usually isn't ready. Now she was a woman, she could look throughall the women's shops in the town. Matalan's was just across the road!She stopped herself. Her bank balance would be down to double figuressoon. She would have to see if Sam was good on his word.Panic hit her. She'd have to use her card to pay, it had her male nameon. Then she realised how stupid this was. No one would look at it, itwasn't the 1990's.Standing in the queue she heard a voice."Excuse me luv."She turned to see a old lady supported by a. And she told me about the places we could go. She knows of a lot of thrift and second hand shops. She also knew of a fabric store so I could make some drapes for the windows. Sure some of them have shutters and some have shades but not all of them. And who want's to wear sunscreen to bed?After I rinsed out the can we headed downstairs.When Shelly saw the can of blood she yelled, "Mom Lizzie's drinking blood downstairs!"Mom looked at me with a frown. I rolled my eyes and asked, "Where do the.