Sunday afternoon was the fire department’s corn roast, their annual fundraiser, which the whole town seemed to attend. Jack and Tripp had a charter ...hat morning, so I got to mind the shop. It was actually busy - seemed like everyone was downtown milling around just waiting for the festivities to begin. I caught myself looking out the big picture window across the street, looking for Danny among the firemen setting up the tables and tents, but I never saw him. As the morning lingered on, I. Hector spotted me and came straight over to lick my hand, and then pushed his nose into my crotch and sniffed deeply. "Oh my I am so sorry," Lucy stammered as she pulled him away, "he gets like this some times." "Well that's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about," I said smiling as I sat on the patio chair, "he did seem very excitable at times when he was with me last month, like he was expecting something, but I wasn’t sure what." "Yes," said Lucy, "ever since we got back from holiday,. I take out the biggest ice-cream I have and give it to her. Her face immediately brightens up, she takes a lick at the sweet chocolate, and then some more, the tears still drying on her face as she looks up at me and smiles."You know, you make a good candyman."Then she trotted away as many before her, and millions after her as my candy-van grew into a truck, and then a nice, good, pretty shop and then lots of shops; now, I take my ten bucks from inside a closed building of glass and concrete. Uh, take the next step. And suddenly she turned into Attila the Hun. I don't know what happened, I guess."The other two were trying to get Alex composed. This was accomplished by them standing with their arms spread open and letting her beat on their chests. Finally, she had had enough and she just stopped.Then the crying started. The bouncers closed on her and folded her up into a small bundle in the arms of one of them. They slowly took her into a back room and questioned her."Want to tell us.