” I was glad there was a fresh breeze, the smell would have been rancid, otherwise.“Indeed.” He was solicitous of me while I finished things up,...then rather adroitly kept all three of his eyes averted as I took a quick bath. The temperature was warm enough I didn’t chill, and it only took a few minutes for me to air dry, walking back up to where my clothes waited. The feel of fresh air felt good on my bare skin, and the smell didn’t have the stink of the inherent pollution that had existed. He didn't know it, but I was right behind him." He caught them in bed together, naked and doing the nasty, pulled an old revolver out of the dresser, and emptied it into them. I went into shock. It took a long time to get over it." Two years later my dad was killed in a prison riot, protecting a guard." Truth be told, I never got over it. I got into trouble, ran with the wrong crowd, ended up in juvie a couple of times. Then I got popped for of all things, running hot cars into a chop shop.. Where Yousef—Joey—was born. He parked them with Aunt Virginia, too. But Dad went back to Iran. He was in the far north of Iran during the revolution in 1980 and was killed as a decadent western infidel. With the hostage situation in Tehran, no one officially even recognized he was missing. Lily’s cousins brought word when they escaped.”“And you didn’t find any of this out until you went to college?” Keith asked gently, petting her hair and holding her close.“I knew the basics, but not the why,”. He said he would see us at 6 o’clock. He confirmed tomorrow’s menu as well and that the time was 3:00 pm, since the wedding started at 2:00.When he looked at his notes, he chuckled, “Just so you know, my friend, it says here tomorrow is an open bar and Maker’s Mark was specially requested.”Greg was smiling at me and gave me a thumbs up.Greg and I then decided to start hanging lights on the canopy which they’d put on the deck, while the girls began decorating the big tents. The catering company.