The waitress looked at it very dubiously and agreed to take charge of it. In the meanwhile, we got our reserved table and sat down."Hot Pot Palace. I'...e never been in this place before," Sajel said. We had to speak pretty loudly to hear over the noise of the other patrons."It's nifty," I said."How do we order?" Zach asked."You don't," I said. "It's a buffet. Go take a look."Zach and Sajel stood up immediately to go investigate. Derek, though, cueing off me, stayed put. Brandon started to rise,. They repeat their movements three more times to get all the barrels emptied, and then do the same to the drums lined up on the other side of the alley. When they finish those, they each step onto little ledges on opposite sides of the rear of the truck and grip handholds. The older man shouts, ‘Yo!’ There’s a whoosh of the truck’s air brakes releasing, and it moves another 20 feet before we hear the screeching brakes again. Deedee’s palms cover her ears. For some reason I’m smiling. The truck. ‘Oh it broke its wing.’ My sister remarks. ‘Let me see your jacket Sammy.’ I give her my jacket and she puts the windbreaker over the bird. The bird rustles under the jacket and hopes around. Lynn scoops the jacket up around the bird and carries the package like a newborn. ‘Lets get back home and put it in the old cage we have.’ We run back home careful not to jostle the bird, whom is in a great rage for being caught. We set the brass cage up in our room on the night stand. The robin slams. "Yeah," Joey said at the door. Suzi nodded, already starting to blush with anticipation. I knew by the time we got back to our private little room, she was either going to kill me, or rape me. Probably both.I peeked at the time again, and saw I needed just a moment more. I washed my hands, taking my time. The moment had come, and timing was everything.As we sneaked out of the girls bathroom, I allowed them to rush ahead, trying to get back to the stairs as quickly as possible. As they both.