Warm Memories and Cold Lies

Cleo thought, 'What rotten luck. I finally decided to go out, and I ended up running into a lunatic.'

She walked into the store, bought the six decorative pieces she'd had her eye on, and arranged with the shop owner to have two improved red maple trees, about six feet tall, delivered to her place to add a splash of color to her room.

When she stepped out of the store, it was snowing outside.

But