They went out to dinner that night at Glenn's Cafe, in the historic Hotel Frederick. It was pricey, but his bank account was flush with unspent cash, ...nd he wanted to treat her to something she didn't get to do often.It was on the way home that they actually talked about the future in any meaningful way for the first time."So they believe I'm your sister," she said."Yup." And you haven't heard from your real sister?" I don't even know if she's still alive or not," he said. That made him feel. We walked for quite a while. I was wearing flat shoes and increased my confidence and look in walking. We said hello to a few people we passed on the walking path. I was so excited being out in public in the middle of the day. Once we even passed two young men who turned and looked at us. I thought I was going to melt.“Well, are you feeling more comfortable?”I answered, “Yes, I am. I can’t thank you enough.”Tif responded, “Good, let’s step it up another notch. We’ll go to a bar tonight. “Dad”, I began to complain, and as I spoke I could see in his eyes, he was exhausted. Daddy owned this hotel, bought it as part of his retirement from an industry that had taken us all around the world, he loved it, but staffing it had become problematic, so he relied on me, his youngest of two girls, my older sister had left for University, and sadly my mother had met another man and just fucked off leaving us to manage this investment.“He is a kindly sort, you might get a large tip”, he. " What can I say, I like to give these things a little kickstart, 'cause if I don't get some soon, I'm going to explode."Brenda has prepared a simple pasta dinner with a loaf of Italian bread they'd picked up on their way back to the apartment, and a tossed salad. She told Sean she thought they could go to a local alternative club. Sean said he wasn't sure if he would fit in with the nose ring crowd, but he was willing to give it a shot. Brenda showered first, and then went to her room to get.