" Anna explained. "She was poisoned shortly after the disappearance of her son. Her killer is never found. That chair is dedicated to her to symbolize...King Edward's loyalty to his late wife." And what is Lady Montana doing here, then?" Atrus asked."She was the king's chief maid. One day, the king choked himself while having dinner, and she saved his life. In desperation of not having an heir for the throne, the king appointed her as his concubine. Roberto is the result. The king promised. So many sopranos rely on their range and strength thatthey ignore the fundamentals." He looked wistful, but I just shook myhead (and my curls swung around my face as I did so). "You have beengreat, and I appreciate everything" I said honestly, "but I still plan togo home for school. If nothing else, I hope my mom would miss me if Ididn't."Evan told me that there was a chance we could do one more duet beforesummer ended, and I told him it sounded like fun. But just in case thatdidn't happen, he. There seemed to be more women than men. A lot of the men were Black while most of the women were White. I assumed this was a pick-up bar and wondered how Mark knew about it.We sipped our drinks and watched the crowd enjoying themselves. Some of the couples on the dance floor were dancing very closely and a couple of them, one a mixed race couple, looked like they were trying to fuck through their clothes. I looked at Mark: "Do you suppose they're going to fuck right out there on the floor?". A few months later..."But Fi-Fi!" Lily whined to her best friend as she was packing up herbags from the cabin. They had just gotten off a shift, so they were bothstill in matching green polos and khaki shorts."Lils, I got accepted into summer courses at Berklee, I've got to go!"Fiona explained for the 50th time to her BBF."You're gonna leave me in this empty cabin!" Lily pouted, gesturing tothe domicile they were assigned to for the summer as instructors."Actually... Mrs. Fleetsworth said that.