"Its ok Lee you don't have to tell me, I mean it’s not like we tell the others everything is it?" April said through a smile and a mouth full of cer...al."Tell us what?" Stephanie asked as she came in to the bright light of the kitchen."Nothing, just talking with our little brother here," April said covering their tracks well."Oh I'm sure it was a good conversation talking with him," Stephanie said with a sarcastic smile to her brother."Funny Steph" Lee smiled back."Now you two play nice," April. . als." She broke the last word obviously. "You're better at this than I am." Practice, practice, practice." I said, still almost laughing."What are friends for?" Lyn said.I took a deep breath. "Rachael asked me after you left if we could be friends. Not like you and I, but friends. The three of us." She's nice." Lyn said after a pause. "You certainly seemed to like her. I was debating taking off my blouse to see if I could get your attention back." Lyn!" I said scandalized. "It's not like that. Finally, that thing most people don't want to hear was announced... LAST CALL. Usally we don't want to hear that, but this night was different. This night, last call ment our waitress would be getting off work soon, and hopefully getting off with the two of us. We waited for her to finish up, and the three of us were off to a hotel to get to know each other better.We got to a hotel and we all began to talk and started to find out a little more about each of us, more than just a couple that came. Jack had insisted on it. They may be able to make him do the climb twice a year; they may be able to make him listen to the weeping and begging; they could rip his soul out a little every time to satisfy themselves that he still suffered for the crime of his dead father. But, they couldn't make him hang someone like braided garlic on the dragon's wall. Anna didn't need the box. She was fully grown at nineteen, lithe and tall. She didn't even have to stretch. Jack unlocked the irons with the key.