" He headed out of the door and back tothe floor. "Any music you prefer?"I thought back to Hong Kong, but couldn't remember anything about themusic,...what it was or how it went. For some reason, Bon Jovi came tomind. "Have you got 'Lay Your Hands On Me'?"He looked back at me quizzically. "What's that?" Bon Jovi." I'll ask the DJ. You get up on the stage and listen out for it. It'sa single set. Can you strip down to that one song?" Sure."I climbed the steps to the stage and stood by the. You've been doing it all day; just now, on Rita, earlier at home, when will it stop?” Stephanie said smirking when she said “at home.”“You guys have problems, you know that,” I joked, hiding the jealousy in my voice about Rita.“Oh my brother knows I love him, he does the same to me, I'm just better at it,” Stephanie giggled.They smiled at each other and Chris play slapped her and they both laughed it off as we all grabbed our food and sat it in front of us. Everyone was looking at everyone. You worked over?”“Yep!”“Hey! While I have you. Do you think you could go by my grandma’s house? She said her kitchen faucet is leaking.”“Yeah! I can check it out.”“Thanks so much! I owe you one.”“Bet!”Demarco walked away.Mikhail Woodley was the first cousin of Mercedes. He was three grades behind Demarco in school. He had gone off to college after finishing up. He was one of the few educated Blacks that returned to the area. He worked in the municipality which was larger than where he was. After that I slipped back into the bedroom as quietly as I could and changed into gym shorts and a t-shirt, along with socks and sneakers. I grabbed my keys and clipped them to my dog tags.“Where are you going?” asked Marilyn, finally sitting up and paying some attention to what was happening.“I need to run.”“Why?”“Because if I don’t burn some calories, last night’s dinner will stay with me for years to come!” I patted my midsection. Last night Marilyn had the surf and turf, while I had seafood.