20," Lara said showing her phone screen. We were all duly impressed by her ability to work a search engine."$14.00," I ignored her and told Victor."Ye...h, and use the last buck to give me a can of Pepsi," He dragged three crumpled fives from his pocket. I exchanged the money for goods or services, "Hey, thanks." No worries," I smiled, "Anything else you need?" Nah," He gave a little half wave and said in his most put upon yawn, "I'm going to go fuck the wife." Don't hurt yourself." That'd be a. Since we moved up to Teescastle I ‘aven’t ‘ad much chance like.” “That is a criminal waste Alice! A talent such as yours should be nurtured and not allowed to fall by the wayside. I sincerely hope that now you are returning to Bolswick Bay that you take up playing seriously again. Dr Mannstein is one of the finest products of the Stuttgart music academy. I saw him once many years ago perform Brahms’ second piano concerto and it was ethereal. You could have no better teacher Alice.”“Yes ma-am.. ’ ‘Yeah, you and half the world.’ She said jokingly. ‘No,’ Brett explained shaking his head, ‘I’m serious, and I’m not just talking about physically or even the sound of your voice. Those are just perks in my opinion. To me your real beauty is here.’ He said pointing to her heart. ‘I feel so privileged that I get to see that every time I’m with you. Even when I speak to you on the phone I can hear it in your voice. That of the countless people that know and love you, I get to see and feel that. ’ ‘Sounds scary.’ ‘Not really. I got out before 9/11. Actually, I spent most of my service in Korea. Sometimes I thought that every new Marine had to learn the hard way not to fight with Korean civilians. I patched up more drunk jarheads on Saturday nights than I care to remember.’ There actually had been some pretty scary nights along the DMZ, but why bring up a downer like that? ‘You in medicine now?’ ‘No, I’m a civil engineer. The Navy was more a growing up experience than a career choice..