”He disappeared. I stayed there sobbing, darkness covering my world.I heard the doorbell ring, answered by Derek. “She’s over at the bar,” Der...k said.“Tara?” Kara’s voice.I looked up. She was standing there, clutching her violin case to her chest like an infant.“It’ssssss badddddd...” I sobbed. “Just wrongggggg...”“I know, Sis,” she said. She turned to Derek. “Little brother, why don’t you go see what you and Bert can get into. He’s got some kit thingie going.”“‘Kay,” Derek said. “Help my. “Sold many of these?” I asked.“Oh yeah, these have been selling great since it came out. I must have sold forty of them, and I am always hoping to find a new group so I can run it again. Heck, your friend Kim there is one of the best Kaos players I’ve had. She has done it twice now, and if I run it again I will have her join in and do it again.”Linda and Kim both laughed when he said that, as well as me. “Kim, you played Kaos?” Linda asked. “Why am I not surprised. You don’t have the accent,. He was the other black neighbor on the block. He was cool and came by sometimes to catch baseball games with me. I hadn’t even realized I had been there that long. “ Oh I got distracted, “ I lied with a fake smile.I went out and for the rest of the night I acted like I hadn’t seen was I saw. Bianca laid next to me in bed and casually talked about what was on tv like nothing happened. Was this a thing? Was she constantly fucking in my home? The next week while she was at the dentist for a tooth. He operated a canoe up and down this stretch of river but it was damaged in some rapids upriver. He was stranded here and we gave him some jobs while he decided what he would do. He’s been here ever since.”He appeared to be in his early 30’s, though I had already found that age distinction wasn’t something that was referenced here. He seemed only slightly taller than my 5’ 2” frame and he was wiry strong. She went on to explain that besides work around the compound, he assists the sisters.