October Kiss Page #6

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are they?

Maybe they are,

why don't you taste them and tell me.

Does it taste like an eyeball?

Yeah.

So, you like eyeballs, huh?

- Are they your favorite food?

- Yeah.

Yeah, you like 'em?

What? Ah!

Thanks for drying.

Even though I know it's a ploy

to stay up later.

How do you know?

Because you have

a dishwasher, smarty pants.

Hey.

I just want to see my dad's face

when he sees

all the decorations.

I know. Me too.

What face do you think

he's gonna make?

I think he's gonna be like...

"uh..."

No, no, I think he's gonna be like...

hey.

I had a bad dream.

Spiders?

All right.

Come on, kiddo.

Back up.

Okay, hop in.

Do you see how it's darker

on that side of the room?

I do.

I dreamed that I fell asleep

looking at the dark,

and spiders came

crawling out and ate me.

Phewf, that does sound scary.

But that was just a dream.

There are no spiders here.

See?

Can I sleep with the light on?

Why don't you sleep

with the door open

so that you can see

the hall light?

But I can't see that light.

Why not?

I always sleep on my left arm.

I have an idea.

Hop out.

Head here, toes here.

I'm going to wrap you up

like a burrito.

There you go.

There.

Now you can see the light,

all night.

You'll leave

the light on all night?

All night.

Sleep well.

Hey.

Hey...

What are you still doing up?

Oh, that's on me.

I needed her help cleaning.

Oh.

Didn't you see the stuff outside?

Oh, uh... yeah.

Okay, so,

what was your favorite?

The goblins,

the Jack-o-lanterns,

or the cats?

Were you scared?

You scared your dad speechless.

He didn't even notice.

He never notices anything!

Zoe...

I guess I'd better

go talk with her.

I'll hold on to your phone.

Oh.

Thanks.

So, how'd it go?

She's pretty mad at me.

Just wait till she's a teenager.

Don't say that.

That's...

Coffee.

Unless you need something stronger?

No. Thank you.

Thanks for decorating with them.

It sounds like you guys

had a lot of fun.

We did.

Not that it's any of my business,

but, um, is that phone

glued to your hand?

Like, do you need to see a doctor?

I just have to make it

through this presentation.

If I can get through that,

if it goes well,

it'll free me up

so I can spend more time

with the kids.

You know, quality time.

You know, my sister said

that there's a halloweek party

at the kids school.

"Halloweek"?

Halloween week.

"Halloweek." It's a thing.

Okay.

Anyway, they have to

bring homemade cookies,

so maybe tomorrow night,

after work,

you could help us bake them.

I won't be home until late.

I've got this dinner

with a colleague.

I guess you could call her that.

Her, huh?

Yeah, to be honest,

I'm not sure whether

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