” “I saw a little man in my closet.” Kids will be kids. You know how they are. They have no grasp of what is real and what isn’t. Remember wh...n you were little and when you went to bed you used to worry about a hand reaching up and grabbing your arm in the dark? You didn’t want to risk looking into the closet because you thought the Boogeyman might be looking back at you, licking his lips in hunger? Silly stuff like that. But now, I wonder. Maybe they know something we don’t. I found a boot.. The gym was only a block or so away from the apartment I was staying in, so it wasnt really a hassle to get there. At the gym I worked out for about 15 minutes and some guy came up and started talking to me. I dont think Id seen him before, but it was a big campus and I was not Miss Popularity. He had wavy brown hair, big brown eyes, and looked like he never missed a day at the gym. We talked while I finished up my work out. I learned that his name was Nick and he was actually in my biology. They confirmed the first shots came from the saloon side. I went in and the barman said the seven had been drinking very heavily celebrating a birthday. He knows them well. Each time one of them has a birthday the seven come in, get drunk, walk out, and shoot up the street. Today they left at the wrong time and the street shot back. Captain McCall got here and I told him what happened. He looked at the dead and swore. When this guy came out McCall said he didn’t think it was self-defence,. What was he supposed to do in thissituation?His parents had long ago prepared him for thousands of life's unexpectedand often nasty little surprises, but even they would never have seenthis one coming. Russell found himself taking yet another trip to thekitchen and arbitrarily opening and closing the refrigerator door. Thiswas something he had realized years ago he did whenever stressed ordepressed; with no direction and no answers or inspiration, he becamestuck in a strange loop of actions:.