Especially Amanda. ‘So what do you want to do tonight?’ he asked Amanda, breaking a pause in the conversation. ‘Actually,’ she hesitated. ‘E...ic asked me to have dinner at his parents’ house. I’m really sorry, and I feel horrible about dumping this on you at the last minute! Hold on a sec…’ Amanda fumbled through her purse, trying to find her cell phone that was ringing. ‘Hey hot stuff,’ Justin heard her say into her phone. ‘It’s Eric,’ she whispered to him. ‘Yeah, I’m just here at the pizza. The second one looks familiar, but I can’t tell you why. What is it?”Kelly replied softly, “It’s the ribbon of the Medal of Honor.”Marian Collins turned pale. “My God! We’re used to academic presidents at the War College! When I asked for your bio, I was just being polite. But ... it’s the second ribbon — and there’s an oak leaf cluster. That means two, doesn’t it? I thought the Medal of Honor was the highest award we have. What’s the first ribbon for?”“It’s the ribbon of the Cross of Liberty.. We then settled down to the main problem, the big evening show. Fortunately, we were not the headlining "Main" evening show; there was a Parisian/Vegas style variety act with a cast of dozens that operated in the main showcase theater next door. Our lounge might seat maybe two hundred or so, if folks were feeling friendly.We banged around a few more ideas and started to develop the kernel of a program. Neither of us was crazy about doing modern pop covers, and even the thought of doing older. She asked me to wet the handkerchief and wipe of the ice-cream. I gladly accepted and as I was wiping it off she asked me to do it thoroughly as it was her favorite kurta and she wouldn’t want to soil it with the stupid ice-cream. I was still very unclear of her views and I wouldn’t have dared do anything stupid in the public. She was teasing me like hell and she was largely succeeding in the same. We soon left the place. As we drove towards the ring road, it was already getting dark and we.