But we're excited for more reasons than that. One of our best friends lives here and is hearing Trio live for the first time. Well, not really. He hea...d us a bunch when we were younger." But we weren't called Trio then," Kellie said. "Mostly because there were four of us. A band called Trio with four members would seem a little strange. Of course, we were still a little strange but..."The audience had stopped milling around and raced to their seats when they saw Trio was performing. Now they. And why not? I was after all, 22 years old. I had thought, I had loved but damn, it's time to Fuck, I thought.So down on highway 51 I went that night for what seemed hours. Cars, people, no eye contact. Searching for a green eyed goddess he spotted me, and as a cheetah in dusk he pounced."hey, do you have any matches" he grinnedI settled my head up and my eyes focused, um, yes I chattered, hold this.My cd player, my cigarettes, some loose papers in my pockets, I had him hold it alland he. Uh, yes Ma'am. Just a moment," and handed the phone to Jeff."Well done," Diana whispered in Nicki's ear. Nicki beamed out of all proportion to what should have been a very simple event. To her, it was not. She, an orphan, was being treated as family and allowed to answer the phone. Nat and Whitney seemed just as pleased.Jeff listened to Carla for a moment, then interrupted her, "Hold on a minute, Carla. I don't want to have to repeat this. Okay to put you on speaker?" When she agreed, Jeff. ..Yet, there was something he was supposed to do, or not to do? There was something... “Daddy?” his daughter called to him, blue eyes sparkling. “What’s for dessert?” That... did it. The hammering in his head disappeared, and Julius was ready for a completely different kind of hammering. He smirked and got up from his chair, walking up to his daughter. He put both hands on her shoulders. Amaura tried to turn, but he kept her in place. He was used to move heavy logs, his daughter was so light.