I couldnt help break a sweat walking up the few steps to my front door because of how hot and humid it was outside. I reached for my doorknob when I h...eard Hey Joe! How are you? I turned around and Mrs. Douglas was standing right behind me, I didnt even notice her approach my house. Hi Mrs. Douglas! Im fine, how are you? Mrs. Douglas was the mother who lived on the one side of me. I had a friendly relationship with her, but not any different from the other relationships I held with my other. Then her smile widened from ear to ear. ‘Yeah, I would.’ Taking my face in her hands, she pulled it towards her. ‘When Mark? When?’ ‘How about the week afterwards? How does that sound?’ She kissed me. ‘Okay, I guess so.’ And we embraced. I slept well that night. The next day I met the bank representative and skipped classes. She was nice, Linda was her name, and I spend the entire day with her. We started out by going over the aspects of the ‘plan’ where I explained the promises I had extracted. We had been lovers for so many months. But it is just one night. No more.’ Innocence sniffed. ‘If my sister is here for one more night than that, then I shall leave tomorrow. I will not sleep under the same roof as my manipulative sadistic sister. She probably hasn’t told you about all the children she’s abused. Or the way she played unwholesome sex games with our lodger. Or the many disgusting things she does with any man or woman who’s foolish enough to be seduced by her.’ She looked at Pig,. He scans the surroundings very slowly. I crane my neck to see two of the Dryth with their respective weapons at the ready but standing at a very respectful distance to us.Apparently satisfied with the lay of the land, he finally looks down and we make eye contact. His pupils are serrated vertical slits that dilate and constrict as he focuses on me, his irises are bright yellow like a pair of shiny gold coins.“Services,” he says with a voice like smoke, and I’m too stunned to process his.