Without a funeral, which they agreed was a terrible idea, there seemed no concrete way to mourn. The notion of creating something violent and bizarre in their parents’ name passed through them without any serious consideration. It seemed that their parents’ disappearance from this world had left them without any options other than to simply continue their own lives, to move forward and see what kind of a world awaited them.Annie would soon be back in L.A., resettling her life before she was asked to leave it behind again and start filming Lucy’s movie. She had invited Buster to stay with her, the house more than big enough to contain the two of them, but he had already enacted plans to stay in town, hoping he was not making a huge mistake. He had, due to some begging, some false praise for Lucas Kizza’s insane, rambling story, obtained an adjunct teaching position at the community college, teaching composition and technical writing. People would call him Professor Fang, which sounded so much like a supervillain that he wasn’t sure he could go through with it.
