They had four people tending bar and they were cranking out drinks like pros. I saw Charlie talking to a cute young blonde who was introduced to me as...Anita. I was then introduced to her boyfriend, Carl and told they played in a band together last summer on their trip across the country.That’s when I noticed a really nice grand piano down on one end of the bar near what appeared to be a 6-inch-high stage. While I was waiting on my drink I asked Charlie who played the piano. He told me that Mary. “Let me help you, mistress.” his deep voice rumbled, and he reached down to cradle the small girl in his arms, lifting her from her tiny bed and perching her on his hip like a child.“We have a lot to do, Dewayne.” her thin, reedy voice said, and she smiled.The scene changed again, the passage of time obvious, and the small girl was older now, fitter, healthier, though still painfully thin and frail. She was seated on a fur-covered bean bag sort of thing. There were naked men, both of them. It may sound unusual but to me, this broken chain means an end to my old life and the start of a new one, with you and Dan.” Her eyes grew misty as did Claudia’s“Well aren’t you something else!” Dan grinned, hugging her tiny frame. She went inside and laid the necklace on the nightstand then finished the grass.Allison had one more chore to complete before her Grandparents came over. “Dan, is it okay if I borrow your laptop to write my speech?”“Of course you can and print it off when you have it. I went out on the balcony and feasted my eyes on the lights of the city. Carazon appeared lovelier at night than it did in the bright light of day. The glow of lantern light softened the harsh stone, and gave the whole city a dreamlike quality.The liquid trills of a night-singing bird sounded from the garden below, and from behind me came the notes of a flute, imitating the bird and then going into a melancholy tune. Piper. The music of his flute wound itself around me, and one of those violent.
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