All the cousins and aunts would be dropped off by the adult males who would commute to the house on weekends and spend time during the two weeks of va...ation they were allotted by their employers. Of the eighteen weeks the house was open; at least fourteen weeks saw no male whatsoever in the home except for me.From the age of six [the earliest real memories I have] to the age of eighteen this was my life during the summer months. As soon as the men left and the unpacking began, I was 'fitted'. There were piles of unopened retail therapy stacked neatly in the second bedroom. Kinda spooky. I went and looked out the window; she was still in the car, not moving. I thought some, then went looking.When I came out with the cases she got kinda agitated.'What are you doing, Doug? What are you taking away now?' I popped the trunk and heaved the bags in, climbed into the car.'You can stay here, Kelly, live like that till you have a full-scale breakdown, or you can use my spare room for a while,. The 8 ball rolled into the side pocket and I won another game. I was getting lucky all night at pool. I had won about $40 dollars and a couple rounds of drinks in this dive of a bar. It was a couple of blocks from my house next to the beach. During the day I take people fishing in the Florida Keys for Marlin or Sword Fish. Most of the time they just want to get away from the office and sport fish all day. Today the group of tourist caught a few fish. I decided after fishing all day to go get a. The tall blond walked from the alley, her eyes downcast and a tear on each cheek. Behind her, a man lay folded upon the ground, gibbering and drooling onto the cobbles of the alley. He peered at her with one bleary eye and then bit the tip of his tongue off.It was simplicity itself to turn a man's mind into a paste within his skull. More difficult, by far, was more subtle manipulation. Two years ago, her powers had grown to the point that she had to be careful where she directed her anger, lest.