” Why don’t you take your laptop with you and order a drink if you want? She gave a nod, and I was relieved to get rid of one of the six bags I wa... lugging in that long line. I gave her a couple of $20 bills, kissed her on the cheek, and warned her about connecting to any router other than the hotel’s. For the first time since we arrived in the big city, we were about to be apart in a room full of men, so an immediate feeling of panic and jealousy came over me. She had only gotten a few steps. Unable to find the right words I just absently shook my head no.She said " good then your coming with me to Friendly's, My treat."I studdred my reply "you really don't have too ... your o.k. and so am I"she smiled and said "Did I say you have a choice, Lets go"So there I was walking beside this beautiful person. I don't know what got into me but I checked her out. She was about 5'6' with dark blond hair with blond highlights and blue eyes. she had a smaller breasts but they looked perfect on. It was in April that like the first warning sign of my fate happened. Atthe time though I thought nothing of it. We got to the bar sat in our bynow regular seats. Instead of order our regular beers he orders himself abeer but says that I will have a cosmopolitan. I look at him with aconfused look and he just gives me a look that basically said I'm payingfor this drink so you better enjoy it. Not wanting to insult him I drankit. It was good and there was more alcohol in it than a beer. He asked. It was like he was reprimanding her without saying a thing. I didn’t care for it. Then he looked at me again and nodded at the dagger. “Seth’s the only one with a weapon,” he said and raised his arm to show us that both his shirt and his side were cut. The cut in his side wasn’t deep. It wasn’t even bleeding. It looked painful but not life-threatening. He looked up at us and said, “Am I supposed to believe he didn’t do this?”“As everyone has said,” I said before anyone else spoke, “None of us.