She told him about the back room being trashed and the odd old people who had been responsible. Her voice dropped to a whisper when she told him about the man’s rheumy blue eyes turning to black orbs. The bell rang over the door and her voice returned to normal,<br/><br/>“I had a couple of missed calls from numbers I didn’t recognize.I guess I was hoping it had been you. I really enjoyed our evening.” She said in a way to cover up her clandestined conversation. “Well, I have customers now. Talk to you soon.”<br/><br/>Lexi hoped that Neo had understood what she had told him and realized that she was playing it cool in front of the customers. The customers this time were just normal people browsing. They bought a Seahawk tee shirt and some stones with Seattle engraved on them. Several normal people came and went with no more disturbances. Sid arrived, not bothering to say hello. He went straight to the back.<br/><br/>“Moooootttthherrrrrrr fucker!”<br/><br/>Lexi winced as the last of the customers looked up in surprise. They hustled out the door and Lexi followed them locking up. She turned the sign around to closed and turned out the lights. In the back, Sid was standing in the open door to the secret room in the far back corner.<br/><br/>“Did you come back here again?” he demanded.<br/><br/>Lexi shook her head, blonde hair swinging.<br/><br/>“I told you it was those old ladies.”<br/><br/>“Old ladies with lock picks?” he barked, pointing to the open door.<br/><br/>“Or witches.” Lexi answered. “Those people were not normal people, Sid. The man was like a demon or something. His eyes went all stone cold black in his head. No whites, no irises,nothing. Just black, and it was like it had the power to suck me in to an eternity in hell.”<br/><br/>“I will show you an eternity in hell.” He answered, but beckoned her in.<br/><br/>Lexi followed, stepping over the books, papers and various curio items that had been knocked from the shelves.<br/>The trunk was still on the table but it stood open. It was empty. Those old hags had stolen the skull.