Turn Around...

I stood frozen at the edge of the plush carpet. The heavy silence in the room pressed against my eardrums, thick and suffocating. Where did everyone disappear to all of a sudden? The boutique had been packed with browsing women and bored husbands just ten minutes ago. Now, it was a ghost town, save for the three pale, trembling salesgirls clutching the cash register and Evander Vanguard sitting on