Kimberly Alicia McHenry had no idea who this strange woman was, why she was trying to hug her, or even what was going on. She was however extremely bright, and very quick on her feet, so she concluded that the young hottie was out of her damned mind and possibly dangerous. She quickly stepped back, noting the look of hurt disappointment on the blonde woman's face. "Who the Hell are you? What are you doing coming into my house? Who's Jon?"
The young woman quickly collected herself -- too quickly, to Kim's mind. Definite lunatic here. "I'm so sorry," she began. "My name is Karyn Black." A brief, hopeful pause, gone almost too quick to notice. "I'm looking for an old friend, Jon Gibson." Another pause. "I was told you might know how to find him."
None of this answered her most important question, and so Kim was about to demand the crazy woman leave or she'd call 911, when this Karyn person opened the wireframe box, grabbed the stone, and said, "I wish the woman in front of me would remember being Jon."
Nothing happened. Karyn looked dumbfounded, shook the stone, put it to her ear. The Crazy Index climbed a little higher in Kim's mind.
Again, that sudden lapse into calm. This Karyn Black woman made a smooth apology, turned, and walked out the door.
Kim locked the door, slid the deadbolt, ran over and checked to make sure her husband's pistol was still in the hidden drawer behind the china, and then grabbed her cell to call Mike. This day went from pretty good to disturbingly weird way too quickly.
