Lori could feel every muscle in her body tense up as she walked into the auditorium with her mom at her side. Malcolm was sporting an all purple suede suit and charming one of the mom’s of one of the kids in the Kiwanis Club. His words spun around the room like a carousel, his plastic smile painted on, eyes darting from freckle to freckle on the mom’s unsuspecting face. Lori could feel his eyes land on her briefly as he was inflating yet another mom’s tire with trust, flashing a warning with a blink.