. at firstSississis ... CRACKACKACK!There was no warning and she saw no movement before there was a short hissing sound beside her and all at once the...e seemed to be innumerable lines of burning agony on her skin all at once and she could not even draw breath to scream. As she hung there choking and heaving for breath she thought she would die of the pain and shock. Naturally the blow had caused her to squirm, which added to the strain on her shoulders. As her thoughts cleared and the acute. "The others were right. They've been telling me how much you've changed and I thought it was because of your fear of dying, but it's more than that. You're already preparing for death. If I didn't know better, I'd guess you already know exactly when you're going to go. I know that's nonsense, but it seems as if you're trying to prepare people for what you know is coming. As if removing yourself physically from their lives will somehow help them when you finally die." Hey, let's not go there,". What made you decide to come to Vegas and party all by yourself?’ ‘Well, last year my husband of 20 years left me for his secretary and last week my doctor gave me some bad news.’ ‘What was the bad news?’ What she told me next almost made me fall over. She told me in great detail about some headaches she was having that led her to get examined. The examination showed that she had an inoperable brain tumor and her condition was terminal. I was stunned into silence. hearing her own words made her. “To be honest, I could do with a muff licker.”“Like that is it?” She asked, as she poured the drink and set it down on the bar counter. “You kind of give that impression, if I’m honest.”I felt myself blush again and hid my embarrassment in my drink. Knocking back most of the gin in one mouthful, I finally looked up at her.“It’s just you are sitting here on your own at two o’clock in the morning. Kinda gives us the lonely or desperate look.”I felt myself bristle and was all set to tell her to go.