KDEF had been at the bottom of the ratings for years. Her father hadn’t cared. They had enough money to pay the employees, and run the station. He s...rved his loyal listeners the kind of music they wanted. Wasn’t that what a radio station was for? The trouble was that their loyal listeners were dying off, or had been captured by those other stations, with their flashy vans, and promotions. Of course most of those stations were in Wichita, where ad revenues just poured in.With a jerk, she. “You’re getting to be a damned good cook, Steve,” Larry said, leaning back from his empty dessert plate.“Don’t forget my sous-chef!” I chuckled, making a bow towards Stephanie, who curtsied to our laughs.“I watched them work together in the kitchen,” Karin said. “It was nothing short of amazing!”“Yes, those two are the closest siblings I’ve ever seen anywhere,” Bethany said with a smile.I hoped she didn’t go further, because Ed, Pete, and Larry had no idea of the true nature of my relationship. She smiled mechanically at him, not looking in his face. He was piqued by her lack of attention, he put his hand on hers where she had put it on the table and then she lowered her eyes to meet his and her eyes lit up to see him so beautiful before her. Her eyes were the same dark blue as Tashka’s although they were round. He gave her the smile he gave to people whom he was seeking to encourage: poets, scientists, his silly Lady wife and she gave him back a sparkling-eyed laugh as if to say: I. Genius plan, father". He muttered and smiled acidly at his dull reflection.The skies rumbled in agreement.But he knew he was trapped here in this old BQ as certain as his father was similarly bound through a gallant but misguided oath to his dying former mistress. His recent move here to this BQ a month ago on his 25th birthday was to fulfill his deceased mother's request that he mend fences with his estranged father. A man he had only seen once since he got here. He appeared very sickly but.