I stood alone in a crowded place, a sprawling

I stood alone in a crowded place, a sprawling old mansion in a cramped part of town. Houses in northside had room for perhaps a tree, or a little driveway in the front yard, but...

the mansion had so much open space on each side that it looked entirely out of place, almost as if someone had just reached in and dropped it right in the middle of town. It made

my eyes hurt, as if the mansion were an optical illusion - the proportions were all wrong. I was sure that it wasn't for real, or had Margery slipped something in my tea again?

I rubbed my eyes to the dust. I was still shocked when i saw it . I looked into my tea again, realising there is nothing. My mind is about to go mad and maybe nuts!!

while it was scaldingly hot and then sue starbucks. Were's my chai chi tea mocha latte with a lyyymon twaiste?" I whined. I wanted the barrista to be rude to me

I wanted that poor girl to loathe me enough to give me her only payback of spelling my name incorrectly on my coffee cup. I sang-songed "Can I have a fraaaap?!"

She have me a huge, glittery smile. "Sure thing" I felt a spark of annoyance. She didn't seem to loathe me yet. I'd have to try harder. "Make it snappy." I added, and she

snapped her garter belt. "Like that?" she asked, not innocently. I gulped. Pissing her off was pissing me off! Plus, she had big beautiful thighs. She leaned over to kiss me.

Coyly, I gestured, "Not so fast," pointing to the game rule booklet. I flicked the spinner, which landed on "HUG FOR 72 HOURS". I reeled in astonishment. "It can't be".