Abby was pressed hard into my side as we drifted off to never-never land, and our sleep was just getting deep and quiet when Death showed up.We were n...o longer in bed. Abby and I were floating towards the burning pit, over the smoking hellish, place of darkness when the voice interrupted. “You won’t be here long...” It sounded like something between a howl and a pitiful moan. Abby whimpered into my shoulder, hiding her eyes from the obscenity of Death’s presence. Her fear seemed to empower the. " Yes, she's up here." Are you OK?" So far." I'll be up in a minute."The women heard yelling, some scuffling, and then a knock on the door."Is this the right door? Are you in there?" Yes." The door's locked." I'm not allowed to help." I don't think that is what they meant." I don't want to chance it, Heida is very sweet. I don't want her to have to go through this again."Rolly slammed his shoulder against the heavy door trying to get in."Fuck me that hurt. – Come on, open the door!"I said. ”Tracy looked at me and smiled.Work seemed to drag by. I just couldn’t wait until 4PM when I would head home and get ready for a night out with my friends. When it was finally time to leave, I called up Tracy and let her know I was heading home. After a fairly decent commute, I got home and opened the door. “Hunny! I’m home!”Unlike every night that I came home, Tracy didn’t answer. I yelled it again, and still no answer. I walked into the kitchen and saw Tracy with her two friends Suzy and. He nodded to Mom who followed him upstairs. While she tucked the girl into bed Dad tarried in the upper hall and peered down at Tommy from the shadows. The boy seemed to be engrossed in his new Gameboy. After a few minutes however Tommy shot a quick glance upstairs. Then he crawled over to the Christmas tree and looked at the open presents for a long time. Finally he picked up the party dress and began feeling the soft material. Then he quickly replaced the dress into the box. He did the same.