We were on the second round when I saw her.She was in a corner, standing with three other people, two guys and one girl. The girl was different from t...e one the week before. I didn’t recognize the guys. I watched them. One of the guys was buying drinks and kept rubbing against her. I wondered if it was a boyfriend and that made me jealous. Flushed jealous. Weird, I had talked to her once for three minutes and I was jealous of her. But that guy was a slime ball with greasy hair and crappy. "Keri was not going to let the facts get in the way of her story. "Like Iwas saying if you knew what was going in your daughter's life then youwould know those two are not as close anymore."Wanda was done with this conversation, "Keri, I have no idea why you twodid such a sick thing to that boy, but it was wrong. I do not care howmany people believe your hype. I will see it as the lie it is."With those words Wanda closed the door on Keri and also on theirfriendship. Not being able to sway her. He had little choice in the matter, Nicole was a great singerand the kids were told that she had the most energetic of the shows. Johnstruggled at times to understand her thick Cajun accent but what helacked in understanding from her speaking parts he made up for inenjoying the dulcet tones of her singing.Her show closed out the evening for the family. Instead of opting forChef Andre's cuisine, the family decided to go back to the hotel and eatin town. Tessa's office staff had gotten a large. We would have had the advantage of surprise." I don't know if I could have shot them," Molly whimpered. Josh gave Molly a brief hug when they met on the trail."We're safe now," Josh reassured. "Let's get moving. I don't want to hang around here to find out if the Chinese come back. Let's go."The trail continued a few hundred yards to a paved park road. The pair followed the park road up the Depot Creek valley. They hustled to put distance between them and the Chinese. The road continued a mile.