He could see from hisplace in the corner of the sitting room that the party was starting to getout of hand and between the laughter he could hear slur...ed voices. Hishigh heels were beginning to hurt his feet now as he had been standing forthree hours in them, and he would give anything to sit down, but he knewthat if he asked he would probably find himself standing there untilmorning.He had fixed his makeup more times than was probably necessary, out ofboredom, and had to re-glue one of his top. ” He spoke to Mom and then turned and spoke to Alex. She called him Dad so I knew she was about back to herself.After a few minutes, Aiden went outside and Azee came in. One asked me, “Whassup, Mikey,” and I didn’t feel like talking but I smiled. The other said something to Alex and I heard her call him Anthony and then Zorba said something to her too and she called him by name. I felt like I was swimming through Jell-O but I felt better because I knew Alex was OK.I heard somebody talking about. I have an older brother, but he was attending university in a town a couple of hours away. My parents had recently got the bad news that one of their old college friends had died. Since the funeral was in Ontario they were going to be gone for a few days. I tried to convince them that I was old enough to take care of myself while they were gone, but they insisted that Uncle Mike stay with me. Michael is my dad's younger brother. He was 35 and a confirmed bachelor.The day it happened was a. Hmmmmph. Less than 30seconds and she has me around her little finger already. What a way tostart the day thought Tricia ....but then again how nice to be wokenthis way.Tricia allowed herself to satisfy Katie's requirements for a cuddle,her arms around her, softly stroking her hair, her back. Her mindreturning to last nights conversations and Katie's revealing yet againmore of what made her tick. Its that chocolate orange thing again shethought, once the cover is off, more and more segments are.