’ ‘Its not just girls.’ ‘Amen.’ She raised her glass and we toasted. I downed what was left of my whiskey and signaled the bartender for ano...her. When the blond saw him coming she finished her own drink and placed the empty next to mine. ‘So what are you relaxing from?’ she asked. I considered a lengthy explanation of the trials of being a software engineer working for investment guys who had no idea how anything actually functioned but I decided she didn’t want to hear that. It wouldn’t help. You want to tax hard-working Americans to give to immigrants and welfare queens, just to make yourselves feel better about your wealth,” Deirdre Watkins burst into the conversation.“Limousine liberal? That’s rich, coming from someone who is worth ninety million by the latest count for more or less appearing in just six films and one reality TV series that lasted just two seasons, and who got to direct her last film without any previous experience doing so. You’ve been all over the map. Laughing I walk back to the door and pull it closed.“Okay I’ll be heading off now, I’ll see you later”“Okay bye” she calls out.Returning to the kitchen I grabb my phone off the bench and am about to head out the front door when I notice a small slither of light spilling out into the hallway. I realise that I hadn’t fully closed the bathroom door.Curious as to what I might be able to see though the small opening in the door I creep closer. The soft padding of my footsteps being muffled by the. He purposefully placed the tip of his staff on the ground and focused his power through the artifact. Eli's flesh slowly began peeling away from his body like ice melting in a hot summer sun. Sean watched until the last of the flesh was ripped from Eli's bones. All that remained was a skeleton surrounded by shadow in the caricature of a man, still waving a twisted, burnt staff.The Nightmare howled a command and stabbed the staff into the ground and Sean's chains of air were shattered. A wave of.