Subtly the mood of the crowd changed from panic to curiosity. Alex felt it, knew what it meant.His fingers shook as he groped in his pocket until he f...und his cigarette lighter. Nobody was paying any attention to him. They were all looking in the direction the voice apparently was coming from.Alex coaxed the flame and held it to the fringes of the material that covered the couch. At first it refused to burn. Then a brown spot appeared on one pink flower. Another. A tiny tongue of flame licked. ”“Uh, hi,” she responded. “I’m Bobbi. I’ve known Matt for a long time.”“I know,” she said simply. “I heard all about it. You keep coming back and upsetting him.”Roberta grimaced at that. “I wasn’t trying to upset him,” she promised.“I know that too,” she told her. She wasn’t being catty or mean, but Tricia was direct. “I know you tried to steal Beck from us last week and why. You might not have been trying to upset him, but you did. He loves Beck. We all do. Having you try to take her away was. I hoped the next 300 pages were more informing.The weekend was consumed with babies, in between work and house guests. Mom and Lisa made repeated trips to the house to remind us of things they had forgotten to tell us about baby care. They always stayed until they had a chance to hold Jacob and Robert.Every night at the first cry, the doorway was filled with 4 girls to make sure we were up looking at the boys.Jenny took advantage of all the child care to visit the gym. A strong physical fitness. ” I nodded as I sat down, “Don’t be frightened, she doesn’t bite unless excited.”He sat down as if ordered to.Tree saw that he was a bit nervous and encouraged him, “Come on Dave sit here.” Patting the leather.“Nowadays it’s not difficult to stay in touch when people are on the other side of the world, what with the internet, e-mails and web-cams etc.” I said in an effort to relax everyone really. “And I suppose you’ll be back for the odd visit won’t you Dave, especially if work is.