Lucy will accompany me.’ Violet was so excited for her friend. ‘Oh, Ginny I’m so happy that you finally have a romance. All your talk of wanting...to fall in love, madly and deeply in love. How are you to fall in love if you never give any man a chance? You’ve only received Charles once and you’re already certain that there’s something wrong with him.’ ‘Oh, I know. I keep telling myself that it’s just my imagination, that I’m purposely trying to find fault.’ Turning pensive she continued, ‘I just. My family moved away, but I’m back. I ran into Derek the other day and he told me about your art show, so I thought I would come check it out.” Rhys nodded, taking two glasses of champagne from a passing waitress, handing one to Matt. “I live beside Derek now. Maybe it’s your old house. You are welcome to come by and see it. I’ve done some remodeling lately and you’d probably be surprised by the changes.” Matt smiled, taking a drink of his champagne. “I’d really like that. Thank you for the. " Pushing a couple of his fellow sailors out of the way a large middle-aged man came forward. He was very large and by no means was all of it fat."Your name, please?" said Dent."Well it do please me and me name be Corred. Best ye remember it," he turned to his fellows and favored them with a wide grin."Oh I shall, Mr. Corred, I shall. Now if you would be so kind, the locker over there has a number of practice weapons. Please pick one for yourself and one for me."The big man lumbered over to the. As she looked wide eyed from Jim to Keith they both winked at her appreciably, continuing to wave to the fans ahead. Faced with 150,000 people Nikki could do nothing but the same, waving feebly at the adoring public.Within a few minutes the stage lights faded to black and the performers left the stage one after the other, Jim and Keith copping more feels of the innocent Nikki in the darkness of the stage ramp and corridor. In the back of her mind Nikki began to like the attention she was being.