He raised his shotgun and pointed it at a plainclothes security officer that was hunkering on the floor with the others, albeit not as fearfully. ‘Y...u there, throw out your pistol.’ The man obeyed. ‘Delilah, if you could be so kind.’ The woman strode over and picked up the man’s pistol and then hefted the security guard to his feet. She steered him over to the man with the shotgun. ‘Call your manager, tell him to arrive in five minutes or I blow this man’s head off,’ he demanded. One of the. I have to look after my little brother on Saturday while my parents are out. They go out once a month to these parties."I thought I was getting dizzy when she said that. Once a month? Saturday night? It couldn't be, could it? This was too crazy to be possible, but it sounded like the swap meet all over again."Jeez, Merilee, I have to work Friday night. I'm sorry about that. What about the next weekend. I'm sure the same play will still be on." Oh, sure. That will be fine. We won't have any. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms ... WE HAD FRIENDS and we went. The sun was starting to set behind the rolling hills west of the lake when they lit up the first joint. Jo-Ann had readily agreed to smoke so he knew that this was not going to be the first time she toked. But, to appear concerned, he asked, “You sure you can handle this?”The sexy, provocative smile appeared on Jo-Ann’s face again. She took a deep drag, held it and slowly let her breath out as the familiar feeling of numbing lightness started low in her chest and spread outward to her.