. or Shannon ... is single, but in a relationship with a guy in L.A. I haven’t heard if they plan to get married, but she’ll tell me if and when i...’s going to happen. She’s working at a film studio that specializes in educational products.”“And your grandparents are in Los Angeles?”“Yes, still alive, retired, and in good health in their seventies. Originally, when my parents were killed, they said they would never leave Midland, but after a year alone and a nasty winter, they changed their mind. There were descriptions of rituals to summon and contain various types of demons. A few months ago, he decided to try out one of the rituals by drawing a magic circle in the middle of an old, abandoned church. He felt a heaviness in his lung as he spoke the ancient words of the summoning rite. Just as he was about to collapse from exhaustion, Ryan was blinded by a flash of purple light. When he could see again, he saw an imp, a gargoyle-like demon the size of a cat, prancing around the magic. Mom's crème caramel kept both her hands busy, but she almost choked when she felt my hand slide up just a little more, to the middle of her thigh."How's the crème caramel?" I asked innocently.A rosy flush appeared in her cleavage. "Um, good, very nice."I was aroused by the time my hand touched her panties. They felt like pure silk, exotic and sexy. I think it was my finger lightly tracing her cleft that brought color to her face. When I tickled where I thought her clitoris was, Mom closed her. Well didn't that turn out great, he thought to himself. Still, his existence now was just as quality as before, though perhaps more dangerous. But you didn't live 7 years in the wasteland without gaining special skills. He pushed the thought from his mind, instead refocusing his mind on his task of sifting through the various plastic and metal refuse that littered the sand. Something particularly shiny caught his eye, and he felt for it in the sand. Whatever it was, it was large and very metal..