We’d lived in the same dormitory in college; her room was a few doors down from mine. She was the “hippie chick” ... long frizzy hair the color ...f honey, always smelling faintly of incense and pot, with a free and easy attitude toward the things that most of my other dorm-mates took far too seriously -- things like studies, dating, sex, and careers.In a way, that was what we’d had in common. Both of us were outcasts in that scene. For my part, I’d come from a strict religious background and. Theresa had confessed she was willing to take a chance. A guy with his story would be really suspicious, but his sober, sensible mother -- that would be quite something for a mother to cooperate with a line like his.“Theresa, you’re so sexy ... I really don’t want to talk with dead folks ... I just want to make love to you!”“I appreciate that. But yeah, go ahead and talk to your grandpa.”“Uh, you there, grandpa?”“Yes. Hi Peter. Sorry I never got to meet you when I was alive.”“Yeah, me too. But. When the stage changes instantly from full dark to full light, nine year old Paul Macon is standing girlfriendless on the stage as expected. Gone is the Colonial Period costume, the sharp suit, or the tuxedo. The little boy is wearing a white dress shirt tucked into black slacks and a pair of black dress shoes, as if he were on his way to Sunday school. There is considerable applause, as the determination that the show must go on is admired by their fans.PAUL: Thank you. I’m sorry Paula. We don’t know exactly what triggered it but there was, luckily, a relatively small explosion. One of the men in the building was killed and two more are over in the burn center, with serious burns. ‘With the flash from the explosion Jerry, was blinded for a second and the buyer had dived into him trying to escape. His shoulder hit his knee from the side. This was a big guy, well over 250. When Jerry fell he banged his head on something. We got this from our guy who was right behind him. And,.