When Jim came back into the diner, Roger winked at him. The man was gone. When Jim left, it was still drizzling. ==================================...===========================================ROBBIE« There’s a guy hitchhiking », yelled Peggy“Yeah…saw him”, answered her older brother RobbieRobbie slowed down so they could get a look at the guy. It was getting a little dark.Robbie stopped the car about 100 yards past the hitchhiker and backed up.“You like him ?”, whispered loudly Peggy“He looks. He explained that she was here for college but had been asked to leave the home where she was staying with some friends of her family, something about one too many women in the house. Well, that wouldn?t be a problem since it was just my son and I living here. Still, I was a little wary of someone I knew nothing about. I work out of the home as a day trader and don?t usually like anyone around when I?m working. From the sounds of it she had most of her classes in the evening and would be here. Israel and Lebanon were still in conflict, even as the U.S. Marines pulled out in February. Iran and Iraq were still at war with Iran accusing Iraq of using chemical weapons, prompting President Reagan to call for an international ban on them… like that would stop radicals from using them! A deadly famine was ravaging the nation of Ethiopia in Africa, killing over a million people by the end of the year… and a plague was also starting to ravage L.A. as well… an even more lethal form of cocaine. ‘Of course my dear, come in.’ She crossed the threshold, dispelling the invisible barrier between them, leaving them one on one. He could see from the dim lantern light that the week’s worth of slow decay still marred her skin, but somehow it seemed to radiate with an inner glow despite the imperfections on the surface. ‘I can feel your heat, Brian, and smell the sweet scent of your sex from here. All that pent up energy trapped inside your body.’ She slowly advanced on Brian with far more.