Lulu sells a flower

Lulu headed out with Sinclair by her side trying to catch a spot of good weather. The rain had not helped business the past few weeks. When she reached her usual corner, she and Sinclair got comfortable. She had brought a fold up chair today so that her feet wouldn't get so tired from standing so long. She had also brought a blanket for Sinclair to lay. As they were setting up, an ice cream truck passed by. Why was an ice cream truck driving around in the middle of November? Who would want ice cream in this horrible weather? It continued to drive by not getting any customers just like her then turned the corner disappearing. Lulu and Sinclair sat by the corner watching as people passed by hoping that maybe one of them would stop to buy a flower. Lulu watched as the woman from the second floor approached. She didn't really want to talk to Mrs. Flogsbottom since the last time that they encountered each other Sinclair grabbed her purse and Lulu wasn't too sure if Mrs. Flogsbottom would be so happy with her since they had left on not great terms. The last encounter didn't seem to phase Mrs. Flogsbottom. She came right up to Lulu and asked to buy a flower. She immediately started telling Lulu some story, but Lulu was having a hard time keeping up since Mrs. Flogsbottom was very animated in her story telling. She kept turning her head this way and that and flinging her arms all around. Lulu wasn't able to read her lips with such animation coming from the storyteller. She caught a few words. Something about Achilles and a book. Lulu just smiled pleasantly when Mrs. Flogsbottom looked at her. She then continued to go into another story. Lulu wanted to tell her that she was deaf but Mrs. Flogsbottom was so into her story and she hated to interrupt and make her feel bad for not knowing her dilemma. So, Lulu just continued to smile. Mrs. Flogsbottom eventually wandered off and Lulu plopped back into her chair. The wind was picking up. The next block of rain was its way. So, Lulu packed up her stuff and signaled to Sinclair to head back to the apartment but Sinclair must have seen something in the park. He took off in the other direction. Sinclair had never run away from Lulu when she called. What could Sinclair have seen that would make him want to run away from her call? Lulu had no choice but to run after him. She wondered what he had seen as she chased him into the woody area.