We both kept checking to see if there had been any movement in the window opposite. But the blinds remained resolutely closed.UNTIL NOW!Amanda, in tan... top and stripey socks, is clinging to my arm. We both stare across the deserted courtyard. There's a thin drizzle which obscures our view a little, but it is there, in plain sight.The Venetian blind has been raised almost halfway, and there, practically touching the glass, is a chair. And on the seat of the chair, a pair of binoculars, the. His long curled hair was the cause. But a lot of bigname male bands at the time took great care of their looks and their bighair was like a trademark. He wanted to look like them. But he decided,that was a mistake and there was a salon around the corner and he had alittle money left.Walking in, he made an appointment and sat and waited. He was going tohave his hair cut off. Maybe a boy's crew cut was what he needed.He walked out a half hour later, with much of the hair that went down thesides. ”Mom said, “A noise. A loud noise.”“Sort of a bang. And then my car alarm is going off.”“Waking the whole neighborhood probably.”I nodded. Brookside. Probably some of the people over 60 had gone to bed by eleven.Harvey looked away from me, “LeAnne told me to go downstairs. To find out.”My mother looked away, she was embarrassed for Harvey. She wouldn’t have had to tell Daddy to go downstairs. He’d already have been there, gun in hand.Harvey said, “It was the strangest thing. Never happened to. I was gobsmacked.The reflection that looked back at me was a beautiful lady in her mid-twenties. She had golden blonde hair that tumbled over her shoulders anddown her back in thick, luxurious curls. She was wearing a huge skirtedwedding dress with puffy off-the-shoulder sleeves and silk flowersdecorating the bodice. A satin-silk bow sat on her lower back, restingupon the bell of the skirt. Amongst the fine jewellery, she woreincluded a diamond engagement ring and a crystal tiara upon her.