#smallhumcn

              ❝  Hey, there. ❞ Don’t talk to strangers. Wasn’t that pretty much the FIRST rule every kid learned from their parents? Yet that was the exact rule he was hoping the young girl ( who happened to be the only ‘witness’ -- assuming that term even applied) would break when he approached with what he hoped would come across as nothing more than a friendly smile. The last thing he needed right now was some middle-aged woman rushing over to SMACK him in the head with her purse.  ❝ I was wondering if you might have seen a friend of mine. Dark hair, green eyes --- probably standing around with an impatient look on her face. ❞ Great. He had probably been stood up. Or, actually, he had stood HER up -- but not purposely.  ❝ I was supposed to meet her here -- I think -- a while ago and mixed up the times, so...have you seen her? ❞

                                                                     chloe lowered herself down into a crouching position as fingers jolted out to swipe a strand of brunette lock behind her daughter’s ear.   ❛  monkey, there’s no such thing as ghosts.      what you saw was probably just your own imagination playing tricks on you.  ❜  she reassured her with a faint smile and kissed at her forehead.   ❛  you’re tired and i think we should read one of your favorite bedtime stories.  ❜  it wasn’t to say that she didn’t believe her, but she had her fair share of ‘scary’ things and most of it was just an overactive imagination.