He stood staring at the wall of masks. Rows of empty-eyed faces looked back at him, mirroring his uncertainty.
“Can I help you?” A voice behind him asked. He nearly jumped in surprise. He turned to find a tall, thin woman whose name tag read ‘Cassandra.’
“I’m looking for the perfect mask, but these are all, I don’t know.”
“Come with me,” she said.
He followed her hesitantly into the back of the temporary Halloween store. As the door closed behind him, she slipped off her mask.
The other shoppers thought his screams were just a part of the soundtrack.

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