Her brother, Jim, held her tight as she sobbed even harder as the thought of losing her love was an actual reality. Lisa still with tear filled eyes ...ooked up at her older brother and asked “What are you doing tonight?”“I am going out with Heather to the drive-in” he responded.That made his sister smile and stop crying. “Oh, you’re going for a famous Heather blow pop.”, she responded. Heather was known as a tramp at school. All the guys talked about their dates to the drive-in where. ‘When you can do so much for me, I can also do this much for you. I’m proud of you.’ ‘And you’re my pride, baby,’ he said. ‘And to answer your question, neither I nor Ben would be in the band today had anything happened to you. I can’t speak for anybody else, but I care about you infinitely. If you’d only seen our condition while you were battling for life, you wouldn’t have to wonder if we care.’ He leaned back in bed, took her along with him. ‘I’d never seen Emily cry or break down. I wonder. I would have stayed seated but Charlotte reached for my hand, pulled me to my feet, and dragged me along. God, she was strong. From working in the fields?In the grieving room, the minister closed the door behind us. Father Webb marched over confronted me. "Who the hell are you?"The minister threw one hand over his mouth at the cuss word in such a holy place.Charlotte stepped between us and spoke out from beneath her veil. "This is Mr. Marcus, Lenny's closest friend. I invited him, remember?"The. I wondered what she wanted to talk about… She got back to the pool and said her parents had agreed. It was getting late and the ladies were all in the kitchen washing dishes and gossiping, while the guys cleaned the grill and the BBQ area. I sat there starring at Mario while pretending to pay attention to Liz, just nodding and saying “uhmm huh” every couple of minutes. Finally!! After what seemed endless hours everyone was gone, after Mario, his wife, Liz, and her two little brothers had taken.