”I simply smiled and nodded my head at Sammy, which caused a small uproar at our table.“Us playing, Bat Out of Hell! You’re joking, right?” Ca...hy fired off as she pointed around our little group.“You can’t be serious, Cuda,” Sammy said as she put her hand flat down on the table in front of her. “First off, that’s like a ten – eleven minute song, which is way too long to play at a dance. Second, that might be one of the craziest, most difficult songs to play, ever.”Jennifer chimed in with, “I. A wall opened. That's the best I could describe it. It just opened. Into the room walked an incredibly beautiful blonde, about five-five, buxom, and dressed in a fantasy nurse's outfit. I groaned. It was like one of those Halloween sexy nurse costumes."Welcome, Hero. I am Rita Hero Greeter." I'm Lincoln. This is Lisa." Are you hurt?" Yes. We fell when we came through. Are you the Rita Caretaker that cared for Hero Seth?" Yes. Oh! You are Hero Seth's Lincoln!" She broke down crying. "He's dead!. A movement. She realized his beard was shrinking before her eyes and growing darker too. Her eyes grew wide as she watched his transformation. His wrinkles disappeared into smooth young skin. Within a brief span, the ancient wizened man had transformed into a young upright man with dark hair and a piercing eyes, one gray and one green. His long wispy white beard had shrank into a short dark goatee, and then it was gone altogether. He was now a young man of her own age. His face was fair to her. I even got a direct flight. Within two hours of arrival I planned on being on the beach with a drink in one hand and a good book in the other. Woe to anyone who interrupted me!The past year has been hell - the divorce was final in March. My daughter was safely married in June. My son off to college in August. Our old basset hound, Molly, died at the ripe old age of fifteen in October. The house is completely empty. Lonely. I worked longer hours, even weekends, to fill that emptiness. Well,.