Tonight was no different and for an hour she played mostly her own songs, interspersed with several covers. The audience sat quietly through each ear...y rendition, entranced by the husky sound of her voice. And although Daniel clapped enthusiastically after each song, the patrons did not seem to need any sort of encouragement. They applauded and whistled after each performance, becoming louder and more vociferous in their approval as the evening wore on and the tempo increased. Her singing was. The look was gone almost as quickly as it arrived. With Carlos gone, Tim turned around and looked back out the window. Raleigh, North Carolina, was a damn beautiful town from 3,000 feet – almost any town was, really. Maybe there were some small towns in Wyoming and Oklahoma that looked shitty when flying over them, but Tim had yet to go there. Tim pressed his headset closer to his ears, listened for a second, then nodded. ‘Raleigh Tower, Mile High Eleven-Zero-One is on the approach.’ Tim nodded. The words couldn’t pass into his still medicated brain. He tried to lift his arms again, to reach out to someone. It was like he did and didn’t. He frowned. A doctor leaned over and shined a small flashlight in his eyes.“Owen ... Owen...” The doctor’s voice manifested in reality and Owen turned his head away from the light. The doctor grabbed Owen’s chin, turned his face back and shined the light again. He then turned it off. “Owen?”“What’s up, doc?” Owen said, his tongue felt weird.“Good,. Zero Tolerance.#1, No photography of any kind#2, No asking for names or other personal details#3, Nothing that will result in injury or permanent marks#4, Heather retains veto power over everythingREPEAT: ZERO TOLERANCE”Heather had insisted that we answer the door, still naked of course. Jess and I held hands, looked at each as we took a breath and Jess said, “Here we go.”I reached for the knob and opened it. Outside were 2 boys and a girl, all Heather’s age. The guys saw us and began laughing;.