never answer your phone…,he said…,got that caller i.d. ….see whose callin’ ya…know it’s me…,he banged louder on her door…,open up now…ya hear…gonna stand out here till you see me…see what you’ve done to me…I’m some kinda wreck…,the old man continued…he lit up a Camel…

go away…,she yelled in her squeaky voice…,you’re weird…just some weird old man…gonna call the cops if you don’t go away…mean it…,he beat on the locked screen door some more…,you’re gonna break that thing down then you’re gonna pay for it…stupid old man…

come on now…,the dude cried out…,I’m heart broken…you’ve done this to me…took all my money…my lovin’…got nothin’ left…need to see ya ‘gain…open up now…hear…

what’re ya gonna huff and puff…blow my door down…had ‘nough of you…I’m callin’ the police…,it began to rain…buckets of lukewarm water pissed on the old man…,get in your car and go home…now…gonna catch a cold…

I love you Cassandra…can’t get enough of ya…gotta see ya one more time…ya owe me that much…,banged on the white metal door one more time…,alright…I’m leavin’…you win…gonna go home and take care of business now…take care of business…

you threatenin’ me…what ya mean take care of business…lost your damn mind…what kinda business you gonna take care of…

read ’bout it in the funny pages…read ’bout it in the funny pages…,mumbled to himself as he got into the old Chevy…started it up…a curtain was peeled back showing a young woman’s round face with green eyes…

he was gone…