"Peter, relax. Singing is supposed to be fun. If you can't do it, I can rewrite the scene, add a new character and give it to them, or we can have som...one else sing and you can lip sync, or we can drop this song completely. This song is probably the least important in the whole thing." That why you gave it to me?" Nope. Just worked out that way. This song and Traci's first one just move their scenes along, but don't really add to the story." Okay."I smiled, hopefully, reassuringly. "Want me to. Of course, I would take care of them anyway, but a cruise is nice this time of year. It is like a second honeymoon," his mother said."Howie needs to get out more. Make him take you to Sunday dinner at FIJI or eat with us whenever you feel like it," she said.Brooke said, "I might do that."Howie came back into the kitchen.Brooke said, "I need to study." Could we go to the studio for a sec?" he asked."Please Howie, let's take it slow," she said."Please, just a second," he said.Brooke went. He eventually concluded that she was the fine person because of her sharing her preference with him.At work next week he tried to put this information about Laurie behind him but it was difficult. Maybe a good home cooked meal and dessert at Arlene’s house would help. He was starting to look forward to that.He received a phone call from Debbie on Tuesday afternoon. She said that her daughter had another sleepover because of a test they were studying for and Debbie wanted to stop by his house. “I’m always up for that,” I replied I stayed with the girl while Jake got a plastic bag from under the sink. We saved them pretty much any time we got them, so we had a nice little stash. The girl saw the bag in his hand as he returned and she looked at me earnestly with her big brown eyes. “Are you going to kill me?” she asked, her voice wavering. “Yeah,” I replied. Jake wrapped the bag around her head and held it tight around her neck. “This is a good bag,” I commented. “It’s clearer than a.