Happened two days ago. Let me know if you are coming over. Give me flight numbers etc and I will be there to speed you through.KarenA sleepy sounding ...huck answered and after a brief run down on what happened and Vivienne's condition he told Tom he had booked him a seat on that flight but it could be changed if necessary.After confirming he would be on it, Tom asked Chuck to inform Karen first thing in the morning.Vivienne lay awake knowing she ought to get up but since Tom left she'd hardly. (I could not even imagine trying to take a covered wagon across any of that deathtrap of a desert. Previous generations of Americans were some bad motherfuckers, nothing like the pussies we churn out today.) Anyway, we got there, got some okay food and checked out the place. It was really cool, because it had a dock in back where you could pull up your boat and get out and walk around on a boardwalk the length of the club. They also had an open air bar back there facing the river. A little. He had too much eye makeup on one eye, none onthe other. Too much rouge. It was a parody of the girl he looked likethe night before."I wanted to try and get it right so you would be proud of me," hesniffled."Dear," Patty closed the door and went to him beginning to clean hisface, "believe it or not you have just done what too many teenage girlsdo when they start experimenting with makeup. And I am very proud ofyou."A tear leaked from the corner of Terry's eye and took a black streakdown his. Carrie is old enough to decide for herself." You introduced me as your date," Carrie said in a voice that was half miffed and half hurt."I didn't want to presume anything," I replied. "I don't know how you consider yourself. I didn't know if it would piss you off if I called my girlfriend, my housemate, my whatever. I decided to stick with the facts. You are my date this evening. At least I think you are." Of course I am," she said quickly. "It just seemed to me that you did that so Gail didn't.