I felt like I was swimming through a rainbow until we got outside and it was completely dark.That's when I saw the monster. It was a demon pumpkin, h...ge and moving, with giant eyes and green leafy vine-like tentacles. I screams and ran, promptly falling to the grass and ripping my dress's zipper half open. I'd gotten it almost two sizes too small to really make me sexy for Devon, and it wasn't really very heavy duty so struggling and thrashing in the grass, it was tearing itself apart from. S.S.: OK, we only like you a lot! Hailey says we can’t love you. It’s against the rules. So don’t tell her. T&K.”He laughed when he saw the smiley face at the bottom of the note.As he put some mayo on his sandwich, Phil reflected on how much his life had changed in two weeks. Two Fridays before – at almost the same exact time – he was leaving his quiet apartment dreading the thought of spending any time with Hailey Warren. Now he sat there and counted the hours before she would return.He didn’t. He decided to see if he found “a friend” as he called me. I thought not much of it. Invited him in for a beer. “Mark” came in and said, thanks to the beer. I was on my fourth so far. We chatted a few minutes and I asked if he had a wife. He said he did in fact have one, but it didn't stop him. I laughed. I had to unload some beer, excused my self to the restroom. When I opened the door, Mark was there, he grabbed my arm, pulled me to him and kissed me. I was half drunk and sobering up fast, but. "You mean to say that... ?" Find somebody you can love and claim for yourself," Rose answered. "Get to know him well to avoid another unpleasant surprise. Show your true self to him so he won't be disappointed either."Priscilla made a face. "What makes you so wise? You have been lucky meeting Jim."Rose grinned smugly. "I know that. I am not wise either. I just wish for you to meet a man who will treasure the Cilla we know and love, not the public facade you project."Priscilla nodded slowly..