And she was wearing white hose with matching powder blue pumps. They dropped Chad off at the dressing room and took seats in the audience. Dominic and...Terri walked into the theater at 6:50 p.m. The house had begun to fill and Terri wanted to be last to be seated so those in the audience could gaze upon her beauty, or so she thought. Terri had also dressed for the cast party. She was wearing a black, empire waist, sleeveless dress with scoop neck and back. The dress was knee length and the. “I don’t know. I don’t think the storm is dying. I think it’s just catching its breath.” Rada looked out into the woods.Grandpa Aleks sipped his tea thoughtfully. “Rada, have you considered what you might do if you don’t join the army?”Before last night, the question would have shocked Rada more, but she’d just been considering the same question. Last night, she’d dreamed she was sitting across a big table from President Putin. They were speaking of trivialities, but on the table between them. "Join me for a smoke?" Felicia asks."Sure why not, wheres kevin too?"Greg asks."Don't want to talk about it, he has been leaving here lunch time everyday for the last three weeks to hang out with his buddies, smoking weed and drinking, just so he can come home tonight and go to sleep. I am getting sick of his shitty attitude. I figured you'd be with him?" Felicia insists."No, I don't hang out with him as much as I use to, times are changing, time to grow up."Felicia just smerks with a side ways. My eighteenth birthday arrived.I've never dreamed of him again until a more recent time.One night sleep still hated me as the hour reached midnight. The heat was oppressive as I closed my eyes tightly. I was trying very hard to fall asleep. Then silence enveloped me, as did the darkness which swallowed my whole being and sleep visited me at last.Early morning finally arrived as the birds sang to awaken me during the dawn. A faint light shone through the red blossoms of the flame tree outside. I.