" Okay," he again turns towards his house. "Too bad, he's good company." Hey, Mom can't stay mad at him forever, right?"Ramon chuckles and glances bac...k over his shoulder. "No, but if she's anything like my wife, he'll never be allowed to forget it." The idea seems to please him for some reason, and disappearing around the corner of his house, he laughs again.Switching Mac's leash to his left hand, Gavin offers her his right. "Pleased to meet you, Elena. My name's Gavin."She takes the offered. The front of our house was decorated with Jack O'Lanterns, gravestones, cobwebs and flying ghosts! I had to give Mandy she did a fantastic job decorating.A little after six thirty Mandy rushed down the steps and bolted out to her friends to start her night of trick or treating. A little before seven the first kid arrived and the real meaning of the night started. For every kid I dished out to their mother or guardian gave me a smile in return. The exception was a tall redhead who came up to the. Mrs. Schmidt was a very competent rough and ready doctor, and she had my ribs bound and me asleep from laudanum before I could even think of complaining.An hour or so later, she brought in some broth and fed it to me like an expert. Well, I am embarrassed to say that I imposed on the Schmidts for four days in the bed, but I was finally able to get up and about on my own by then. A couple of days later and I was developing a case of "cabin fever." Don't get me wrong. I understood what the. That’s really smooth you idiot, I thought to myself. But I had committed myself now and carried on walking to the nearest toilet. I locked the door and tried to make myself presentable in the mirror. You watched the toilet door, willing me to come out and walk up the aisle where you was sitting. you needn' t have worried, nothing would have stopped me coming that way and talking to you again. You watched as I walked towards you, and stopped next to your seat. "I didn’t know you were on my.