Chapter 69

Henry laughs so loudly behind my back that I think he's going to have an attack. Maybe you forgot that you are also wearing makeup. He greets everyone with a handshake and we follow in a group. The streets are decorated with colorful tents that surround the entire place, leaving a tight space for the number of people who try the drinks or food. The windows of the apartments are decorated with cobwebs and colored streamers. A song resonates through the open trunk of a car decorated with ears of corn. The people who pass by us play their characters with a lot of enthusiasm, some even pretending that they will bite us.

Charlie approaches a drink stand and we are all forced to drink the pumpkin beer that he insists on being amazing. The beer is served in large 500ml glasses that are thin at their base and wide as they grow. The drink itself doesn't look like I expected. The color is a translucent amber and is almost brownish, not the bright orange of mature pumpkins. The