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Count didn't call that night I had to wait untilto hear his story "That bonehead is a creature of habit, once I learned his routine, everything clicked When he has shop first period, he always takes a smoke break"

"Aweson on the door"

"Did you put it there?"

"Does Rock Hudson have AIDS? Anyway, I did my best to fill the bowl Of Course, I didn't flush"

"Of course"

"Then I sat and waited I grabbed hiainst the stall door a couple of tis just don't open as easily as they should When I got it opened, I used his head as a toilet brush Flossy always told hed I actually felt sorry for Byrne

"Ithe bowl The bitch was, I never used a breathing toilet brush It was hard re it up for air Should of seen his face," Count snickered

All was quiet until Halloween As the day approached, I had other things on my mind The Ortolans involved me with their Halloween obsession They put more effort into Halloween than my parents did Christmas They were the first people Ifor the holiday

"Want to help us?" Diane asked as we sipped spiced cider in the Ortolan's kitchen It was the Sunday before Halloween

"Sure, what are you doing?" I asked

"Turning the living roo the parlor into a funeral parlor," Shannie added