I just showed you the games would go two ways."Honestly, I didn't even think of Amber coming here as something odd until you came over. Then I saw a c...ance to rub your nose in it and I took it."Sorry."I was feeling a little guilty about Allie and her third wheel."If it's any consolation," I said. "Amber didn't ask about you once this evening."My joke earned me a solid punch in the arm."Seriously, though, I spent most of the evening with your dad," I told her. "And our conversation revolved. She didn’t know Heather well, but Gwen liked Lisa. She had a great sense of humor and an honesty about herself that was refreshing. She was her own person and if people liked her for who she was, fine. If not, she wouldn’t change to suit them. Gwen admired that trait because she frequently found herself giving in to others in order to feel accepted by them. Like tonight. She had only given in because of Gina’s persistence. By the time they got to the club she was feeling considerably. As we approached, I saw why they stoodunoccupied. In the middle of each was a white placard, which read:Reserved in flowing script. Dianna approached one stool, picked up theplacard, draped her fur over the seat and backrest, then perchedregally, like a queen on her throne. She removed the placard from theother stool and motioned me to sit. She handed the placards to thebartender and placed the Capezio bag on the bar."Thanks, Ritchie," she intoned with her most sincere smile. "Pleasetake care. Her face and upper body was a rich red in colour, her eyes were closed and her mouth alternating between biting her bottom lip and forming a tight 'O' as she expelled her breath. After she opened her eyes and saw me looking at her. She smiled, lighting up her entire face but most of all her eyes. I'm no jeweller but I'd bet no diamond ever shone that bright. I leaned forward and tenderly kissed first each eyelid then her smiling lips. The radiance of that smile had me bewitched. At that moment.