What she said next only added to the perfection of the moment. She'dsaid it so many times before, but this time it came across as completelyhonest an... without bitterness. I could hear that. And because it wasfrom the heart, this time it meant the world to me.She said, "God, I hate you so fucking much, Amy. I hate everything aboutyou." The feeling's mutual," I told her. "Ever since I got to high school,you've been making my life complete hell." What do you think you've been doing to mine? Do. How did he know about the ... Oh. Yeah. He used to live here part time with her. I put the flash of jealousy out of my mind by remembering what I’d been doing with Donna a couple of hours ago.The recording went well. John was pleased enough with the sound he was getting that he managed to get everything in half a dozen takes. We did the piece all the way through at each of the locations while he moved as quietly as possible around us with the camera. Livy, being the tallest girlfriend, got to. Handling money wisely was not, he decided, one of their many virtues. No matter. People who could throw such an amazingly and spectacularly successful party (impromptu at that) had no need of other talents. What those girls needed, he saw, was the fatherly guidance of a man. Besides, he also perceived that in gathering them to his protective and manly bosom he would be acquiring a ready-made harem, and he was thoroughly fed up with making love to the fat, middle-aged tourist ladies who were his. The lake surface had remained as smooth as a mirror. Yet, somehow the cloud had traveled nearly halfway across the sky. I stared at it as it seemed to now become anchored in the sky directly above me. The longer I watched it, the surer I became that it was changing before my eyes. The stark white, cotton-ball appearance that had initially captured my attention was now producing elements of gray, some turning even darker. The shades slowly coalesced into an image I was very familiar with.I.