” Giving her partner a parting pat on the posterior, Diana sauntered forward. She took the wine and sipped, letting it pool in her mouth.“I think ...over-boy needs a break,” said the fat man, smirking at Diana’s playmate who’d collapsed onto a sofa a few feet away. “Oh, dear.” He placed a fat finger against his belly and lowered it like a penis wilting. “You did a great job of reviving him once, but a second time…” Sucking air through his teeth, he slowly shook his head.Diana drank, eyes. Then, they found the bullet holes in my back. They bandaged the wound, and put me on the stretcher on my stomach. As Iwas being loaded in the ambulance, I heard a cop say, "Yeah, looks likehe survived the Internet Killer. The guy butchered his entire family."I managed somehow to grab his arm as he turned away. When he leaned downby me, it took all my strength to say "Two." He looked at me and said,"Come on, son, what are you trying to say"? I got it out again, withmore words. I said,. After a few minutes, however, even my parents were starting to wonder where my presents were. They even told Suzie to find mine, so I didn’t just sit there. It never occurred to any of us that they wouldn’t be there.But they weren’t. There was absolutely nothing under the tree for me. I looked over at Mom and Dad with a raised eyebrow, and they just stared back at me in horror. “Where’s Carl’s presents?” she asked.For once, at least, nobody could blame me. Dad and Mom and Suzie just started. I ordered two of whatever she was having and walked over to her booth. I asked her if I could sit down and then I just smiled. After a through inspection she finally smiled, approved, and let me sit down opposite her. I placed one drink in front of her and sipped mine. She immediately asked me my profession. I replied that I was the new manager of a manufacturing facility along the river. She smiled and let me talk about myself without revealing much about herself, not even her name. She said.