He shaved his head completely bald and had a pierced left ear that he wore a small, brilliant diamond earring in. He had a bright smile that contraste...d well with his dark skin. He was a good-looking man, Janet thought, but definitely too old for her. Besides she didn't like bald men anyway, she had always been attracted to extremely thin men with long hair who looked like they just stepped off stage from a rock show. This described her boyfriend Brad to a tee.As they began working together on a. The sun was setting, taking whatever warmth remained of the day with it.“It looks like they’re getting ready to close,” Roxie said. “Look, they’re mopping the floor already.”“We better hurry up, then,” Cal replied, and bounded out of the car.He stood in front of the ordering window and in a few seconds Roxie was standing alongside him. He was scanning the menu that was posted on a big sign on the front of the building.“When Aunt Flora and I used to come here I would always get a hot-fudge. In them, the house had looked quaint, just what he’d asked for. He should’ve taken the cheap rent as a red flag, but it hadn’t been the first rash decision he’d made lately. Quitting his job in the city had been rashest of them all.“He’s in shock,” Alfie said when too much time had passed.“Definitely,” Ezra agreed with a grin.“Piss off,” Nate said, feeling a bit annoyed by how right they were. In fact, the idea of living alone in the time-worn cottage was starting to sound worse and worse by. Manish brushed their worries aside by being his charming self and cracking a couple of jokes at his expense.But deep within Manish had started doubting himself. Nonetheless, the group started their journey on foot. Since it was mid-summer, there was no one other than them on this trail. Soon the summer heat started taking its toll on him and by mid-morning Manish started lagging.The group initially tried to wait for him and encouraged him. But soon they realized that they will never be able to.