Chapter 78: I Don’t Feel Good

• Eric reached into the back seat for a bouquet of pale orange flowers that he’d purchased earlier that morning. They were called Juliet Roses, and they were wrapped in vintage brown paper that had been imported from England.
• Eric watched Crystal cross the street, and he was about to get out of the car when he saw a van drive up alongside her from the corner of his eye. What the hell is going on here? - he wondered. The van stopped, and for a moment, his view of Crystal was obscured, and then it took off like a bat out of hell.
• At that moment, inspiration struck, and for fear of losing his nerve, Eric didn’t give himself time to think. Instead, he jumped straight into the action.