Bob removed his overcoat and hung it on a nearby, heavy wooden coat rack. Paying 'respects' to someone he never could stand was irritating enough with...ut the rest of the flock being late on top of it. "Well, I'm here now," he muttered to himself with a low, fatigued sigh. "Might as well go see how the little slut looks with her mouth shut for a change."Bob slowly walked through the archway leading to the darkened funeral chapel. The only lights in the entire room were over the casket and the. I released her right hand andplaced my right hand aroundher waist. And pulled hercloser. Holding tight I roseher top to feel the bare skinof her waist. I caressed mypalms gently all over herbally and fisting the grip,pulling her more closer. Myleft hand still holding her lefthand more tight grip now. Ilowered my face and threwhot breath over her neck,planted my lips softly on herneck and trailing down to theshoulder.“Ohhhh, Sujith” Alpashivered with a soft moan.I trailed my lips up backtowards. ‘But by what? Or by whom?’ ________________________________ The light was fading, her eyes clearing, and she was aware of his presence beside her. She moved her hands, slowly, from her face, looked up into ancient eyes, almost blue, like a fall day before a first hesitant snow. Clear, yet not. Clouds, but not yet. The fury contained inside was gone now, latent, manifest, pyroclastic eyebrows arched, an old face lined with sedimentary strata – fragmented by eons, by time unimaginable. Wild. Settling her down, I listened closely. Then I heard it. A soft tapping noise. It was too quiet to be coming from outside the room. Picking up the CS gas I kept by the bed, I left Katie in bed with Grant and crept down the stairs. In the soft glow from the porch light I could see someone fiddling with the door. I wasn?t too worried, as we always leave the key in lock, so if someone tries to break in, the key holds them off for a bit, and if there?s a fire, we can get out without panicking about.