That little exchange with Paul had only made the situation worse.When Paul came up to the register to ring her out, he was still all eyes, making some...more small talk but still staring at her chest. Everything he said was something you could take another way, not dirty or rude, but certainly suggestive. When Rose handed Paul the money, she saw her hand was shaking."Mr. Blaine on the road again?" Paul asked as he took the change from the register."Yeah, he left yesterday and he's gone for a week. Again it’s like looking up a tall sky scraper. “What are you doing here?” I ask, almost a bit rudely. “Me and the boys are checking out the party, problem?” “Ah, um, no?” I stutter over myself, and look back down, like I've been punished. “You got room on that log for someone else?” He asks softly. “Sure, go head.” He sits down and I can’t help but smell the freshly showered smell come off him. He smells like heaven. “You look beautiful tonight, Angel.” I blush scarlet red.. I'd already been to Food 4 Less and Sam's Club and was just picking up a couple of things at WalMart.Today WalMart had lots of Halloween stuff on sale. Since the big day was less than a week away, there was a lot less than there had been a couple of weeks ago, but I found a bag of assorted candy that included Twix bars. I was still living in the same place as last year with three new neighbors and two that had been there when I moved in. They all thought there weren't enough kids coming by to. DaBigBoom had already stepped into the portal.They warped to a rocky location that somehow managed to look cheerful despite being largely desolate. The only plants DaBigBoom saw were the twisted remnants of dead trees.Not quite dead, as it happened, but not exactly alive in any way DaBigBoom expected. He watched as one of the dead stumps grew spindly arms out of its top and began to shuffle around. Pihanga absent-mindedly booted it into a nearby pool of bright green acid. She took out a.