He had requested a week off so that he could attend the memorial service in Austin for Betsy and to take care of John’s place. His boss had told him...to go ahead although he couldn’t understand why Ed felt so strongly about going to the funeral of the girlfriend of another guy. Ed wasn’t sure if John would be coming back, but he hoped that he would. Life here would be empty without John around.Ed went down to the bar to let everyone know what had happened last night. There were a lot of people. Everyone left me alone to collect my thoughts, as maybe I was going too far, but LaDrania wanted to bully me, so I have no problem returning the favor. His colleagues were the wildcard in this. How they went would determine whether gun play or loss of life issues would arise.I called and told LaDrania we were in town; and where to meet us at 11a.m. tomorrow morning.“Look kid this had better not be a dog and pony show!” LaDrania voiced.“If that is going to be your attitude, wasting your time. Together, they got back onto the ice and slowly made their way toward the warming house. Gliding along next to each other near the middle of the lake, now empty of other skaters. Daniel could hear the strains of “Sailing” by Christopher Cross, one of his favorite songs, coming from the outdoor speakers. He reached out to Peter's hand and came to a stop, pulling him into a hug. “Daniel, I just don't know if I can stand sharing you,” Peter said. “If he even shows up, I can always say no. He's. He looked impatient. I wanted the anger to be real. I took his wife; he presented like he was itching for the opportunity to get a knife in my back. That wasn’t it. I could tell there was some sort of closure between Shani and Larry. Dad knew it too. I considered him for a few moments. Maybe, Amanda had something to add but it was easy to ignore her.“So, someone famous?” I said to Larry. He was putting down his empty glass. I took two large mouthfuls to keep up.“This is what I’ve been missing,”.