As I rounded the corner, he shot out. Nearly the size of a small dog, running like he was headed for the border.

Terrified, I screamed and ran the other way.

Armed and determined, I returned, roach spray in one hand, shoe in the other.

He never stood a chance.

Susan is a Curriculum Developer at a mortgage company. She is widowed with two grown daughters and two stepsons, and four awesome grandchildren: two boys and two girls.