And a dangerous enough background that not only necessitated Paul's assistance but ensured it as well. And so he had, in desperation, returned home to...think and gather his strength. It was an unusual move for him – but he was drained today and didn't think he could be around the usual crowd at the moment. He didn't have the strength to play their games anymore...at least not until later that evening. Somehow he would do it. But he needed his strength, his daughter, who was so distant from him. “There’s probably no harm,” she agreed. “So I guess we’ll do whatever you want when we get home.”I nodded, concentrating fully on the road now, scanning ahead to try to see why we were all stopping. And then I saw it -- an accident at the intersection just ahead, though it couldn’t have happened too long ago, since no emergency vehicles were in sight and we were stopping only a couple hundred feet away.Honestly, I was surprised I hadn’t heard it happen, knowing there were so many sounds around. As Frank he was a well built black man well groomed and mannard he sat down with us and chatted for a while then he excused himself because others were coming in along with the DJ who was hired to play dance music and Frank told us to enjoy ourselves and as long as were here our drinks were free and he headed to the bar. Sam asked me what i thought and i said its nice here and your friend was very charming and makes strong drinks and Sam laughed and said yes but you already drank your let me. I always put it out there when I meet somebody new. I don’t know why either. ‘Chase, are you alright?’ I asked him is a soft whisper. ‘Physically yes, emotionally I’m not sure yet,’ he said with a smile. I leaned over and put my head in my hands as I began to try and think. ‘Chase, you don’t know me yet, I could be a total witch and go psycho on you in a New York second,’ I said while I laughed. Chase stood up and held out his hand to take mine. ‘Will you have this dance with me pretty lady?’.