A runway extended into the room. Cameras. Bright lights. A few peoplemilled about in the room, mostly ignoring what was on stage. Chastitysaw a cleani...g crew, and a few teams setting-up tables and chairs. Mostof the women were in costumes similar to the one she wore.Brennan announced, "Rehearsal!"There were two rigs near the end of the runway with a woman standingnearby. Chastity hobbled out. She balked when she saw who the womanwas.Lateritia. With a whole toy box full of toys. All on. Instead, he tried to look at it the way Threnody might. She’d called it the land of her heart and suggested she had fond childhood memories from here.Maybe if he was more fond of where he grew up, he would understand what she’d tried to show him. What if he’d been able to come here summers to get away from the Mills? Would he love this place too?He decided to put that line of thought aside too. He was already starting to sympathize with Threnody too much and he knew it. He couldn’t help it.. Und das nur, weil sie noch nicht hatte mit ihm schlafen wollen. Er hatte einfach nicht verstehen wollen, dass das erste Mal für sie eine große Sache war. Das sie nervös war. Das sie sich hatte sicher sein wollen, dass er der richtigte war. Stattdessen hatte er sie für irgendeine Schlampe verlassen, die nach kaum einer Viertelstunde mit ihm ins Bett gegangen war. Natürlich hatte er Sarah die Schuld gegeben. Sie sei prüde. Sie würde ihn nicht verstehen. Sie führe sich auf wie ein kleines Mädchen. ”“Yes she does, I know Tony she isn't gonna blame you for this, I promise.”The nurse comes in and waves for us to follow her. We follow her to the ICU, I just stand and stare at Tony, with all the machines and tubes hooked up to her. I can't seem to bring myself to go into the room.“Can I see my son first,” I ask as she nods and walks a short way down the hallway.We walk to the NICU and I walk in and and rub his back for the first time.“He is so tiny,” I say in awe.“He is a couple of weeks.