I was no Fred Astaire, but I gradually became a pretty acceptable dance partner. The line dancing actually seemed a bit more difficult for some reason... but I hung to it and was able to hold up my end after a couple months. We did the line dancing in one location on Monday evenings and used Saturdays to have the lessons at the other two gyms. I would attend a morning lesson at one location and drive forty miles to take part in the afternoon lesson at the other gym.That gave me four evenings a. "The universe." Diana says."She can do Magic." Alys says."Oh." he says.We hurry down the tunnel."Alys, you reconsigned the dais and throne, right?" I try to be calm about my not so subtle line of questioning."That's right, Daddy away said that was the throne of god." She explains."Uh, Alys didn't you say that the men were not back from fishing, when the brutes attacked?" Diana starts her own line of questioning."They was late." she remembers."And now King Louie has your doors..." Diana doesn't. He made it obvious I wasn't to let you have sex when you came home on leave, and I was terrified he would do something to my parents, or you, if I disobeyed him. The times he was away, in prison, or Spain, or wherever, I was free to live the life I wanted with you, and we had some good times, didn't we, Des?" Her voice was so earnest and wistful I had a lump in my throat, and I squeezed her hand in agreement.She smiled, but then her face darkened. "Not long after I agreed to come and join you. He didn't think his mom would let him use hers. It was too important for getting to work and shopping in town.That morning when he arrived at school he got off the bus and noted in the parking lot a new car he had not seen before. He was not good with car types, but he could see it was about ten years old and it was an orange color. Also it was a ragtop. He wondered who had got a "new" car. Then he saw who was sitting in the driver's seat.His cousin Harry had turned sixteen just two months ago.