“I know,” I sighed. “I’m sorry. I’m just annoyed.”“Has anyone said anything to Jessica?” she asked.“Al Barton said that some other m...d students had given her a bit of grief about Kara, but that’s all so far. I suspect that her usual answer is that she’s married. We’ll see what happens when she’s invited to some hospital event and both Kara and I go.”“It won’t cause a problem with her licensing?” Dave asked.“No. It’s not like lawyers and admission to the Bar where they’re required to be of ‘good. I had a surprise in store for everyone that night. I had been working in secret on an act that was so over the top, it was easily the most outrageous thing my big ham ass had ever done. Before I tell you about that, I have to fill you in on what inspired me. In my old life, I made at least one trip to Las Vegas every year between 1969 and 1977 to see Elvis Presley perform at the International Hotel. Yeah, I was a huge fan of the King of Rock and Roll, and my status as a minor celebrity when the. It had been a fun way to spend an afternoon, and we all knew each other a bit better by five o'clock, when the fairy godmother stopped waving her magic money wand and it shut down. The stage labor and the theater would have gone into golden time if we'd kept on. The roadies had struck up a few conversations, the girls found out that the savages weren't so savage and the guys got a little 'kultcher', as one kid called it.The blast of snow-laden wind that was tearing down the streets was a rude. I’ve grown up now and have a family. I’m a successful comedian, an occupation that everyone told me growing up that I was suited for. Lately though it’s become hard. How do I maintain a happy outlook on life, knowing that there are people like her. Cursed to go through existence with a fucked up mindset. And the fact that they don’t know it, makes it even harder to grasp. I’m not going to take the clichéd way out and blame God. That’s too easy. I don’t know if God intended for her to be the way.