I never touched you. I wasn't game, thought I'd frighten you away.But then I heard you. Do you remember? You were crying, trying to do it silently, bu... I heard you. And I held you and stroked you, soothed and caressed you till you slept.Tonight this room seems so empty. It's almost like you never existed here, like you were just a dream.I know it's silly, but I'm going to sleep in your bed now. I feel closer to you there. We shared so many nights and that bed is special.Tonight I will lie in. I loved the soft mellow tones of classical guitar music. But having a real concert guitar was beyond my wildest dreams. This guitar cost more than $10,000!“Dad! I don’t know what to say! It’s so beautiful!” I couldn’t imagine how my parents ever afforded an instrument like this.“Just keep playing, son. Sometimes, late at night, your mother and I stay awake with our door open just to hear you play.” Mom and Dad were holding hands. That’s something V1 would never have seen. Pey got as close to me. Small pearl buttons closed the back. The hem of the dress wastrimmed with three overlapping layers of purple floral lace interlacedwith small lavender satin bows.He stood dumbfounded as Madam Simms took it from him and placed it on ahanger. "A very pretty dress if I must say so myself. Don't you ladiesthing Little Leroy will look stunning in this? Open the next box sissy,"she commented as she held it up.After seeing that dress, Leroy didn't think things could get worse butas he removed the. "She tracked you down?" Ruth asked incredulously. "I thought you said she was out of town." She was in D.C.," Regan said wearily."I'm not sure what she found out about Andy but it must be something huge!" Ruth noted."It's something I already knew," Regan said. "Look, it's not going to be a secret for long. Andy's father is ... well, he's someone important." And your mother wants to use that to gain the upper hand in negotiations or something?" Ruth wondered. It was how her father would.