Louise was all abuzz. She wanted to know all the details immediately, but recognizing the wisdom in not having her brother sitting their dressed as a ...oung lady, helped him remove the outfit and makeup. When he was clad only in the panties, she pulled the silk away from his butt and looked into it saying, `Didn't get any KY jelly on my knickers I hope.' Her brother turned and glared at her, but said nothing. Afterwards, as they sat eating cookies and drinking milk (or rather Louise ate cookies. “Ashley!” I warned, using my sternest voice. “Don’t you even think about this!”“What’s more important, Daddy? Me, or this record?”I knew what she was doing. She was recreating a scene from her childhood, where (I found out later) she broke a Beatles record of mine on purpose for attention.“Ashley, that’s a silly question!”She slid the album and the inner sleeve out of the cover and threw the cover off to the side.She kept the record in the special sleeve. She knew better than to touch the vinyl. 'Within 5 minutes of this broadcast, there is no longer a totalitarian regime anywhere on the face of the Earth. However, there are thousands of dead bodies and a fear that can be smelled throughout the surviving security apparatus. The dead include: Prime Ministers, Jihad Members, Members of Congress, CEO's to Middle Management Personnel, General Secretaries, Kings, UN Members, Presidents for Life, Organized Crime Figures, Religious Leaders of all Faiths, Dictators of all Stripes, Fringe. ‘You look like a child standing like that,’ I explained. He smiled – that smile. ‘Well, you looked like a child curled up on that mat sleeping – I looked everywhere for you. So did Michael and Riley,’ he said. ‘But not Nate,’ I couldn’t help but bitterly add inside my head. The memory of what happened inside the food hall made me flush with embarrassment. I had openly slagged his girlfriend – he was probably furious with me. ‘Ronnie –I’m sorry,’ he said, the pleading note in his voice startling.