Angela hugged my wife and even Charlie. We had decided that she would bunk with Melody and they went upstairs to leave her belongings. While they were...upstairs, Doris told me that martial law had been declared through the entire nation. The reporter also said that there were reports that the new President was dying as had and were a number of other national government leaders. The country was losing people so fast that the government was simply vanishing. There were no further reports of. I didn’t even have to draw my weapon. I did get called to a couple of bars on Friday and Saturday to break up fights, because an overload of beer and opinionated assholes doesn’t mix well. Why does anybody care who the greatest hockey player is? We don’t play hockey in Georgia anyway! ’Knock it off, go home, and sleep it off, or come with me and sleep it off in the tank.’ Friday, they went home; Saturday, they went to the tank. What a bunch of idiots! Bar owners should be required to run a. “I knew you were a good singer!” Amber proclaimed. While Brad looked on with love and pride, the others smothered her with congratulatory hugs and kisses.Ben Mulroney motioned Abby to his side, “Congratulations on becoming Canadian Idol’s newest competitor. Canada can look forward to seeing you in Toronto in July. How do you feel Abby?”Abby gave Ben an unexpected hug and kiss on the cheek, “I’m so excited! This is a dream come true! You wonder why we took so long?” she asked looking at. Adelle and I would fall into each other every so often in the bathrooms of bars, but not so much that it could be called anything besides drunken mischief between friends. We would sit in the back seat and hold hands while the guys talked up front.We knew everything there was to know about each other and we could always talk. We loved each other. We joked that we would be old ladies together after the men had passed on, that my daughter would always wonder about Mom and 'Aunt' Adelle living.