"They're not my memories." But you won't even know your closest girlfriends,"my mom argued."My girlfriends?" I asked."Yes," my mom replied, "Anna, Bob...ie and Karen.They're girls your age, and your closest friends. Thefour of you are always going places together. Youwon't even know them." I don't care," I cried, "they don't know the realme." And who are you?" my mom asked."What?" I said, not understanding what she was askingme."What's your name?" Tommy," I answered."I see," said my mom. "And are. “I mean, we’ve waited this long, and...”“Casey!” she admonishes him. “What is it that you’re afraid of?”For a moment silence comes between them, spreading outward like a plague. Then with a frown, he says, “What if something happens and I don’t want to be with you?”Jessica actually giggles at this. “Trust me, Casey,” she says, running a hand along his jawline. “You will want to stay with me. Plus, I wouldn’t take you there is I thought you wouldn’t want to be with me.” She drops her hand to. The wife and I drove by the house where a party would be in two weeks just so the girls would know where it was located, as we passed they looked hard while as they sat in the back seat so they would remember the location. Set back from the street and appearing to be on the small size the yard has lots of tree’s and leaf litter with unknown hazards, if they decided to return unannounced the festivities would be entertaining at minimum because the girls have a standing agreement with accepted. “You are quite impressive,” he continued. “No one has ever breached our defenses and reached the King’s chamber before. You’d have gotten away with it if you weren’t so audacious.”His flattery washed over her in the same fashion that a duck’s back repels water, but she knew he was right about her lack of focus. The instant she had held the crown ― felt the power hidden within its girth ― she’d imprudently considered it a victory. Visions of her troops roaring praise in her honor had blinded her.