EPILOGUE - ROMI
“Slick, did you leave this card on the counter? And the gift?”
“What card?”
“The ‘Happy New Year’ one.”
It wasn’t your usual holiday card. On the front was a drawing of three women, one in rags and two in ball gowns. Cinderella? The pumpkin at their feet confirmed that theory. Inside was another drawing, this time of three stick people behind bars—two men and one woman—and a single line printed in block capitals.
THAT WAS FUN ;) LET’S DO IT AGAIN SOMETIME.
“Ah, f**k. Get away from there. Stay down.”
“Huh? Why?”
Aaron pushed me behind the counter, and not in a “let’s get naughty on the kitchen floor” kind of way. No, this was more of a mild freak-out.
“What’s wrong? What are you doing?”
He snatched the card from my hands and studied it. Read it again.
“This is fro
