"Where you think you're going, babe?" The voice came out of the shadows. Amy stopped, looked toward the voice, and backed up against the wall of the p...assageway. She knew she shouldn't have cut through this alley, but it was the quickest way to her car from work.A man stepped out of the shadows, wearing a ski mask. He held a knife in his hand, pointed downward but ready. "I think you and me has some business," he said."Please," Amy said. "Don't" Too bad about that, babe" he said. "Your number. "Emmi stand im Türrahmen und war nun doch wieder etwas traurig, dass er gehen musste- aber inzwischen kannte sie den Ablauf und fand sich damit schneller zurecht als früher. Nachdem er gegangen war dauerte es nicht lange bis die Langeweile einsetzte und das Mädchen zum seufzen brachte. "Och man, das ist total langweilig ganz allein.", schmollte sie, während sie am Küchentisch auf einem Blatt Papier rumkritzelte. Schon bald aber wurde es spät und sogar Emilia wusste, dass es Zeit fürs Bett. Let it out! Mike is fine; you don’t have to worry anymore. It’s fine.” She took Jane to her bedroom and sat her down on her bed, still holding her.Jane sniffed as she tried to regain some sort of self-control. She was a bit embarrassed at Nicole seeing her like this, but would have been mortified if Mike had.“I don’t understand, I am trying, but I don’t understand.”“Shhh, Jane, it’s okay. We surprised you today, but Mike was afraid to call ahead. He was scared you would just hang-up on. The grass was not a vibrant green, but a browning yellow (the color of toast). The leaves on the tree were also changing, alternating the colors red and orange with only a smattering of green. It was very much autumn here, although there was no briskness to the air, the dreamscape, like always, was devoid of temperature. Lucy sat across from me as before. Her legs were crossed, her eyes were even more wearier than before. She did not look much different than I did when I saw myself as Lucy in.