It was some distance across the property and set to be hidden from view of the road. Briefly, she thought about going further and checking it out, but... the wind picked up and large droplets of rain hit at her. She decided to try to door to the shed-like structure. I’ll wait inside the concrete building until the storm passes, she told herself.Giving up any thoughts of manners since the storm was getting worse, she yanked the door open and jumped in. Inside the building, the walls were bare. The. Blowing out the two spent candles, he scorched his hand on hot wax when he removed the stub of one from its holder to put in the fresh one. Muttering a string of his father’s best Greek oaths, he set the candlestick aside, giving his hand a shake to cool it down when the microwave beeped. He pulled out the tray that he’d been using to carry food to Olan, setting the plate of steaming food on it with flatware, the candle, the bottle of wine and two glasses. He heard Camille giggle when he took. " Can I watch??" she asked with a new admiring glimmer in her eyes, somehow more childlike and peaceful than she was a minute ago when she almost seemed, well, teen-like in her anxiety and despair. Maybe I did her soul some good, Jack figured."Sure--I mean, only if your mom lets me. We don't want to get into trouble, do we?"Lisa's green eyes plumbed him. "I'll ask mommy if I can go with you." Er, I wouldn't--damn!!" Jack swore as Lisa flounced off up her driveway, and perplexed Jack waited then. I fast forwarded the tape until I saw my diaphragm start to jiggle, then rewound it to the start of the action. Man! They were right! I was truly whistling Dixie as I slept. It was hard to know exactly how loud it was because the camera's automatic sound adjustment had cranked the volume way up when there was no sound at all, so I had to wait a second until the camera adjusted. It was still very loud, but nothing compared to that first blast.The noise seemed to peak right at the point where I.