Her apartment was conveniently only a short walk from my house. After being “buzzed in” on the ground floor entry…I climbed the stairs to the th...rd floor, Julia was waiting for me on the third floor landing with the door open to her apartment.Her usual shy tiny smile replaced by a big grin….”Hello Daddy!....sorry you had to climb soooo many stairs” she giggled….she knew I was proud of being in good enough shape to climb those stairs without being visibly short of breath….my vanity.I was. I went to my iTunes Gold Standard playlist (which was formidable) to come up with a list of twenty songs to record next.I was dropping GSS songs so fast into a new Playlist, by the time I stopped to check, I had thirty-six songs instead of only twenty.“Michael! What are you doing?” Princess said getting up and looking at my laptop.A little sheepishly, I said, “Picking out the songs we record next.”“You’ve got Broadway mixed with current music ... I don’t think you should mix things up. Maybe go. " A keepsake, the top finger joint, with finger nail, neatly severed and preserved in aspic on my desk to remember her be, and a missing finger tip for her to remember me by every time she held a pen."That would be right, if you could forgive me, that would be very up fair." she agreed."What?" I could not believe this."Yes, a finger, if you will accept a finger, and forgive me, then please do it, cut it off, I shall bear the pain as a penance, I shall bear it, it's only fair." she whispered.I. Sure, Ill still be here, I stated. With that she walked into her bathroom (she had her own and didnt have to fight with her younger sister, who also wasnt there that night) and closed the door. I was thinking about everything that was happening so fast. My mom thinking me and Mari were together, Mari caring more about me and not wanting me to go out with Veronica, me thinking so much about her lately. She was quite beautiful though. She had shoulder length black hair, slightly slanted deep blue.