”“How did you know we’re cousins?” The girl on the far side asked as they let their swings slow - almost to a stop.“Just a wild guess, reall... ... Naww - I heard you call this cute blonde next to me – Cuz.”Cute Blonde grinned, then told me, “You’re cute yourself. What’s your name, Piper?““Not many people call me Piper. How did you know a flute player was called Piper? The name’s Lucien, actually.”“YOU’RE LUCIEN – THE PIPER?”I looked around when all four of them scuffed their shoes in the dirt as. Just the damn shoelaces!" I turnedon my heel and walked to the door. When I reached for the knob, it movedup eight inches. I reached for it again, and it scuttled across the doorto the hinge side. No matter what I did, I couldn't get my hand on it."OK, enough of this. Let me out of here." I think you're being rude to walk out in the middle of a conversation,"he said. "Come back here and let's finish what we were talking about."The futile chase for the doorknob was making me feel pretty silly,. ‘Surgery isn’t until tomorrow now…’ The man dressed in a green surgical gown broke off when he saw Maddie’s tear stricken face. ‘My dog!’ she sobbed hysterically, pointing towards the car. Not needing any further explanation, the man came outside and ran towards the parked car. Carefully lifting Sasha out, he carried her back inside the brightly lit building. Maddie followed him through the open door of a consultation room. He laid the dog gently on a table and turned to face her. ‘What. "Sherri" has obviously heard him come in and could tell from the noise he had made crossing the room that James was in the room and was now standing directly in front of him. The rack-like device had been raised up to where "Sherri" was directly level with James' crotch. "Now I know why she wanted to know my inseam measurements", James thought to himself. He cleared his throat. To his side he was aware of "Carol" shifting slightly forward in her seat as she sensed the game was about to.