’ Kicking the last of the embers and ash from the small fire with his shoe Michael looked at Libby. ‘You know what this means don’t you. Derosa ...s now in the clear for the fraud unless your dad implicates him, which he’s not liable to do as it would be an admission on his part. It also means the bastard gets away with murder. You ok with that?’ ‘If you are.’ ‘I can live with it….what I can’t live without is you Libby.’ Libby’s heart melted and she threw her arms around him, ‘I love you. The evening at Dewey's was pleasant. I did get my good Gibson out and played a lot of kids' songs for the kids. I even went through a few pieces of sheet music, once again becoming more proficient at sight reading. The practice helps. I was glad I had bought several bundles of music pads so I could write some scales for students. That was one thing I had forgotten to buy.After the kids were put to bed, I played some soft ballads for the adults that we could sing to. We did revert to the standby. Four! Four I bet she gets down four!” Another added. Soon a shouting match was raised around the table as they made their bets.Nodding thoughtfully in the middle of the noise, Saliss looked over at Janis and waved her over. “Well bring her here then. Let us just see.” With few words, Janis was seated on a bench squarely under the blue-eyed gaze of Saliss and the rest of the tavern patrons. With no words spoken, a waitress brought out a platter balancing four bowls.“I suppose once a man. That entailed sweeping all the rooms and checking identification. Once every 20 minutes I had checked the roof. On the second sweep, I’d found the roof-door ajar. I went up to find the place deserted except for a pair of pom-poms lying on the concrete near the edge. The metallic streamers were fluttering in the breeze. What useless items are pom-poms. I looked over the edge and saw her down there, Marla, wrapped in a Mustang. *** It is really hard to ignore a girl who offers you a ride back to.