She looked over at me, and I could see her eyes, big and watery. I shook my head, Lou shrugged; neither of us knew what was going on. With the encoura...ement of the audience, she moved towards me. I took her hand and led her to the stairs where she took a couple of tentative steps upwards.Il Tenore came to the edge of the stage, took one step towards Lou and extended his huge paw and, took Lou's much smaller hand in his and led her to the center of the stage right beside the conductor's box.. A big, sexy gurl that attracted lots of attention!I could see four guys looking around and one guy behind a counter. The guy at the counter was white I think, about 30 years old. Of the customers, two were black, one was latino and the other was white. They all were at least 50 years old and older. The oldest looking one was the white man, he looked about 70. They were all dressed cheaply and some in dirty clothes. I walked over to look at some toys and bent over right away as if to look. His companion took a seat on one of the stools at the bar, Matt following behind sheepishly, sitting down next to her as he glanced about the room. He could feel the eyes of the patrons on his back, it was like a damned Twilight Zone episode.His new friend lit another cigarette, exhaling a cloud of smoke as the bartender walked over to her. His white apron was a patchwork of stains old and new, his rolled-up sleeves exposing forearms that could only have been described as furry. His face was. It was a Friday night between Christmas and New Year’s, and the company had rented the back room of a local eatery. Food and drinks were provided, and we all had a reasonably good time. When the party was winding down, those of us with the extra-special after-party exchanged glances and made our way to the parking lot. I called Helen on my cell phone to let her know we were en route. We all pulled into the machine shop parking lot, and I didn’t yet see Helen’s car. We let ourselves in, and.