I renewed my rather brief acquaintance with the conductor as he was checking into the hotel; he shook my hand enthusiastically and then addressed virt...ally everything he said to Camilla. "You two are still together? Wonderful! Am I going to see some more of that magic on stage?" Yes, Gerry," she told him dryly. "Maybe even magicker. We've put in some time on it, you know." And Act II?" he demanded."Under control, Gerry," she said. "Coming to the rehearsals?" Just the second, my sweet, that. She took a sip of the coffee and grimaced and ran to the sink and spit out the acrid brew into the sink. It immediately dawned on her what she had done. She normally used one slightly rounded spoon of instant coffee on the rare occasions that she did use instant.Andie put her hands on the sink and lowered her head and let the tears flow. She knew that she wasn't functioning right and she knew that she had to get her head screwed on right before the meeting tomorrow. That's all she had to do was. I returned her hug and rocked her back and forth. She felt good in myarms because she made me feel like a mother."Mr. Edwards helped us to our feet and asked Abby if she still wanted toplay. She assured him that she did and asked if it was her turn yet.*****I could have spent the rest of the day and all night with Mr. Edwardsand his family but I needed to go home and pack. Tomorrow was the bigday. We were flying down to Mexico.I'd wound up telling Mr. Edwards a small version of the truth. “My dad does that to my mum all the time, I always wondered at his fascination for doing it, now I know,” he said.He kissed my neck again, and I went to rub back into him. He pulled his hips away and laughed at my consternation. “Oh no, that’s not allowed,” he laughed again.I threatened him with the knife. He smiled at me and then he went and turned the bacon, and the tomatoes I had added. I piled the toast on the big plate with the eggs and brought it over to him to load up. He turned the.