The flash from her phone scared her and she crouched down looking around frantically worried she might have drawn attention. But nothing happened. S...e took a deep breath and moved out.Staying in the front yard of this first house, she followed the neighborhood road for two houses. She got far enough away from the entry way that she thought she could cross to the other side of the neighborhood. She stood from behind a bush to make the dash when she saw a car coming. She crouched back down. “Mom what is she talking about?” Sally looked over at the doctor. “He doesn’t know about the treatment but I think he should hear about it from a doctor.” Sally said. Matt was now shaken up with worry when the doctor began to speak. “Well you were born prematurely and you were very weak. We tried to isolate you and incubate you because you had no immune system but that didn’t work so we started a course of growth hormone treatments.” Matt looked at her like she was talking another. As a way of making money, it was fine, but I was lonely. Until, that is, I found my boyfriend and created a separate life, totally independent from work.”Robert remembered Lucy, his one time girlfriend, now departed and really not missed. He wondered what she was doing these days.Amber continued.“You have plenty of free time Robert, so why not get out in the world and see the roses. Smell the roses and, if you are open enough, grow your own rose.” She liked the metaphor. “Anyway, do the gig on. Yet, I patiently waited, hoping that somehow all the seeds already planted would blossom tonight.An hour and fifteen minutes later, women are never on time (although who can complain when they spend all that time getting ready to look hot for you?), they came down the stairs.I wanted to say to Mom, ‘Fuck, you are brilliant’, but instead complemented, “I’m definitely going to be a thorn in-between two roses.”“Isn’t it a rose between two thorns?” Nana asked.“Maybe,” I shrugged, “but tonight is a.