I jumped in the shower, and shaved and picked out a nice set of clothes to wear. when I got to the bar she wasn’t there yet, so I played a game of p...ol. halfway through my second game she came in. when she came into that bar it was like the gates of heaven opened up and let an angel out. we talked at the bar and I bought her a few drinks. she told me the reason that she comes to this bar on Saturdays it that I was Karaoke Night. After some encouragement she got me to sing a song, ‘The Gambler’. ’ ‘Maria,’ Susan said weakly, ‘you never fail to amaze me.’ She then added, ‘At least I can be sure I won’t be doing the same.’ ‘What d’you mean?’ ‘I’ve just been to see Frances Gear about my period problems. Remember I told you about it, heavy and a bit irregular, anyway she has put me on the pill to regularize me as she calls it’. She wants me to try it for a few months and then review the situation.’ ‘Well,’ said Maria grinning, ‘don’t you think that just for purely scientific purposes, you. Markus checked the back door and to his luck it wasopen."Ann?" Andrea?"Anns house wasn't particularly big so Markus had quickly gone throughevery room yet came out empty handed. Markus did another check of thebedroom, noticing just how filthy the covers were with stains. "That'sjust filthy..."He crossed his arms. "So she ran..." Markus sighed. He felt betrayed andsaddened. "I really thought I was working my way towards her heart."And now he would never see Andrea, or his Secretary Ann again.. “To my daddy, David Carter,” howled Jenna; I say howled because she cried in the doing of the toast. I wondered what exactly she meant referring to me as her daddy, but, the scene was still playing out.“To a wonderful nephew,” avowed Aunt Delia.“To a man worthy of the name,” said Stacey. “Oh my yes.”Oh yeah, I was honored as hell. And I was embarrassed, and not in a good way. Toasts, formalism, all of it meant nothing to me, never had. And, all the while my wife, Rozelle Carter, held me back.