” She ran to me giving me a big hug. “Kalista told me that we were replacing some music, is that right?”“Yup,” I said. “Kalista honey, cou...d you get us a hall in the hotel, please. We’re learning some new dances today!”As easily as her mother used to do it, we had a nice 30 by 30 room within 15 minutes. Everyone headed on down together.****“All right, first is a new piece of music from a group called Loneliness. The song is a Rhumba for Charles and Kalista, and it’s called ‘Across the Dance. My dad is sort of cool, even though he can embarrass the hell out of me sometimes. Three or four days after the Senior Prom, he called me out to the garage as I was getting ready to go pick up Jackie. He handed me a paper bag and told me not to be stupid or reckless and to think about my partner. As he left I looked into the bag and saw several packages of condoms. See, a cool guy but embarrassing. Jackie and I never really discussed our relationship. It was enough that we were together and. I chose to wear a summer dress, something conservative.The excitement I felt about meeting him turned to nervousness…Late evening I hit the highway and soon I reached the motel. I almost turned around when I saw the place; cheap and filthy.But before I had a chance to even consider turning around, Seamus came into view just a couple yards away from my car.He waved at me and I parked just in front of his room.Seamus smiled and he hugged me, saying it was nice to meet me.As we got closer to the. _ By the time we made it back to our room, we had assembled a significant stack of cash. Never in my life had I ever felt more content. Although, there was a momentary lapse of fear; what if she didn’t feel the same way? That fear was quickly dashed away by how Ellie was looking at me. She was glowing and I had my answer. “So, now what?” Ellie breathed. “I don’t know. What do you feel like doing?” I asked back. “Wanna try and sneak into that tournament? See how rich people have fun?” “You know.