I think shewas enjoying the walk in the rain with the coat on but then decided my carwould be better than the bus. As she climbed in the coat rustled ...eliciouslyand I was sorry when she loosened the hood and folded it back before she didup the seatbelt. I told her I was in the area to drop off a package but since her home wasin the same direction it was no trouble to give her a ride. She looked downher nose at me as if to say I should be honoured with her accepting and thenjust stared out of. Julie needed to look at him for less than a second before smiling, knowingly, and walking over to a small closet and pulling out a couple articles. Here you go, kiddo. She handed them to Matt, a plain red t-shirt and a black baseball cap. Thank you. The warmth of Matts smile, as if this were one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for him, gave my heart one more reason to flutter. I reminded it to stop. We walked back out into the hall. My plan was the lead him to the nearest dressing. We show up, a limo arrives to meet us, we're then blind-folded and taken to her home as I understand it." Holy shit!" Yeah, that's what I said!"Nearly a month had gone by since Jack and I had submitted our photos to the anonymous email address. So far we hadn't heard a thing and I was beginning to think that it was either a poorly conceived practical joke on us, or that we'd actually been rejected.I had heard the "ding" on my computer informing me that I had mail, I opened it and read:"Be at. Lines of rainbow eye shadow smears down your cheeks like war paint. Whatever happened, you got the better of it and someone else got the worst of it. That knowledge doesn’t make me feel any better. I want to let the monster out. I want to let it out and remain conscious.‘And what, Jalen?’ my monster purrs. ‘You finally want to feel it this time?’He’s right, I’m right. I do. I want to feel a body break in my hands, create a certain kind of art with bone and gristle and hot rod red to serve as a.