He knew this was themoment of truth, yet wanted to stay in ignorance. The want of the blissof not knowing could not hold back his need to know. "Dam... mycuriosity", Derrick thought.******************On the bedroom floor was a good looking blonde in a red skater dress,with a black leather book next to her open hand. The stunned onlookerknew he had to investigate, even with the knowledge that nothing goodwould come from his findings. The first course of action was to turn onthe room ceiling. ‘Where are we going?’ The words float around in my mind like fluffy aimless clouds.At the time, they seemed to form such a simple question, as far as questions go. But then, Harper always poses her questions so they seem simple. It’s the answers that are difficult to grasp long enough for me to formulate any reasonable response. One second they’ll make perfect sense, the next, they are as elusive as the fugacious nature of love and life itself.This particular question felt more like an innocent. When I returned later in the day from my golf outing, I went up to our room, slipped on my swim trunks and hurried down to the hotel pool to spend the rest of the afternoon soaking in some rays with Sidney. As I arrived by the pool, I found Sidney laying in a chase lounge sunning herself and sipping on a frozen Margarita. She introduced me to her new found friend Sara who was also sunning herself and enjoying a frozen concoction. I learned that Sara and Sidney had met earlier in the day at the. That’s all gone, though.”Deena just hugged her, letting Abby cry a bit, what I was hoping were cleansing tears. I have no idea what to do. This stuff isn’t in the manual.“You know we’re your family,” I said softly. “Family is forever. We’re here...”“Y’all’ve made me feel like that from the beginning. Dan and Nina, they just sort of absorbed me into their home and you all wrapped me up here in this community. It’s alien to what I had before. Nobody’s being fake or devious. Y’all just LOVE.