‘Not soft at all like normal.’ ‘Yes.’ I said. ‘Looks like they drove prongs into her to run a very strong electric current through her body.... When the M.E. does the autopsy, I expect she is going to find that this woman is literally cooked on the inside. Whoever did this… cooked her alive from the inside out…’ Just then, there was a commotion at the back door of the Club. Patrolman Culver was holding the line, and I went to see what was going on. The owner of the Club, the legendary rapper. "Hi, Baby!" she squealed, jumping off the couch and coming over to hug me. As she leaped, Tommy glanced her way and smiled. I knew he'd just gotten a glimpse of her underwear.I said hi to Tommy and returned Carla's hug and kiss."Go get comfie and come watch the flick," she said.I said I would. "What are you guys watching?" Some cheesy horror flick on Home Booze Office," she said.I watched her eyes dancing. They looked wet and sparkly and I knew she'd been having more than the glass of wine I. “You live here?” She was surprised. The man at the counter you had hired to greet people looked at you ready to speak, but you held up your hand to stop him. “What are you doing here?” You asked. “Emily asked me to come by and pick up new recipes.” You motioned her toward the elevator. You push the up button and when the door opened you motioned her inside. You took a card out of your pocket and swiped it across the keypad. Confused Mila just watched. The elevator climbed up slowly. “You. When a sound came to him, he didn’t just hear it, but would know the sound and from where it came.Every time he was out in the wild, he relied more and more on his senses of sight, sound and smell. They had always been there, but seemed to have atrophied living in an artificial society, heavily dependent on technology. Now, it was imperative to put them to use, more crucial than his hunting gear, and his senses seemed getting keener with experience as time went on. Maybe humans needed a reboot.
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