" We're late. We need to go now. Alexandra is in darkness, she had darkness around her." Melissa turned to Konrad. "The darkness of the soul." We're g...tting her now," he said and pushed the door to the waiting room open."About time," Dawn said as she saw Melissa walking through the door. "Me and junior here..." She saw the expression on Melissa's face. "What's happened?" Alexandra is in danger!" Melissa replied and grabbed her coat."If you two are done quarreling," Konrad added, "maybe you'd. I sought desperately to escape the incessantbrowbeating. For whatever reason, I did not fight back or even attempt todefend myself. The lack of the ability to do so ultimately cost me aproper education.One day, in a garden apartment complex not far from my own home, Idiscovered a row of attached common garages. One of the spaces (first inline) was being utilized for the storage of personal items, rather thanan auto. It was fenced off from the other spaces by chicken wire. Thecinder block wall. Sir. You're awfully low." Oh Gawd, that stinks." Sir?" S-T-I-N-K-S ... stinks ... Lieutenant ... stinks." There was the sound of retching ... and more than a little beating and banging ... then a very loud bang and a huge sigh of relief. "RDO ... I have jettisoned the canopy..." Sir ... are you declaring an emergency?" Not now, I'm not. I'm fine, Lieutenant ... the aircraft is behaving ... it's going to need a really really really good wash ... and a new canopy. As long as that stink isn't. We were both ready, now, for the theater.My wife made herself presentable but only buttoned two of the buttons on her shirt. We went inside to buy tickets and the manager looked at us and smiled a bit, telling us that there was a couples only section on the last six rows of the left side. We thanked him and walked in, standing at the door while our eyes adjusted to the darkness. As my eyes adjusted, I noticed there were single men scattered around the theatre and a few standing against the back.