“Hang on, I’m going to put you on speaker. Abraham is here.” She thumbed the button to speaker. “Now, is Dad home? I want to bring both of you...up to date and get an opinion.”“Okay. Tom, come in here. It’s Cents! My opinion is you should marry him now!”“Thanks, Mom. I’ll stick to the schedule. It’s going to be a little busy.”“Good afternoon, Cents. Abe, are you there, too?”“Yes, Sir.”“Good. Try to keep her out of trouble.”“I’m trying but she has a mind of her own.” I chuckled.“Mom, Dad,. Outside the garage, Bob and Heather got into her car for the short trip home. The ride was very quiet, both of them being engrossed in their own thoughts.Heather was completely overwhelmed by Michelle's gesture. Somehow, even with her "false front", Chelly had seen her loneliness. Then she thought, "Well, Chelly knows me better than anyone else in the world, so I guess it's not that surprising." She wondered if Chelly saw the same loneliness in Bob that she had sensed last night. Maybe it was. ’ ‘Did you run him off the road last night, Mr. Lewis?’ Martin asked. ‘Is that what you did?’ The eerie cackle erupted from Lewis again. ‘Yeah, I sure as hell did,’ he said, ‘Up on Route 11. You shoulda heard what it sounded like when that old junk truck of his rolled down that bank.’ Martin heard Ann emit a soft moan. ‘Now!’ he said, and pulled his gun out from under his coat. ‘Ann! Down!’ Melissa yelled. She raised her gun, too. Ann dropped to the ground and laid there, trembling with fear.. She gasped at the sensations and gave up. She rolled to her side to face Tom, and he smiled at her. ‘Great idea, baby.’ He leaned forward and kissed her forehead. Karen snuggled up beside him and whispered that she loved him before she fell into a deep, dreamless sleep. On Friday, Karen finished up last minute business at work, and came home and carved the rest of the pumpkins and roasted the seeds. Halloween was on Sunday, but the work party was Saturday. ‘I wish we had cornstalks for here.’.