She was only five andit has been..." Thirty years. Thirty years ago today, in fact." A five year old brain can't hold all the memories of forty-two ye...ars." Not all, but enough. First record, Ed Sullivan, the Army, marriage, LasVegas..." ...and a midnight visit to a run down pawn shop on Beale Street?"She nodded, her dark brown eyes brimming with tears of relief."The memories were crystal clear at first, so I was just pretending to beElise. It got easier as time went on and my...old life began. I walked him upstairs and showed him to the radiator before going back to bed and wrapping the covers over myself and going back to sleep. And some time later I opened my eyes to see the repair dude standing over our bed and watching my wife's exposed leg and ass hanging out of the covers.I closed my eyes again and re-opened them, just to make sure I wasnt dreaming, and sure enough this guy was oggling my wife right in front of me. I said to him "see anything you like?" to which I got a mumbled. “Well, how did you end up out on the streets?”I looked up at Dan and rolled my eyes. How could I tell him when I didn’t know myself?“Okay, that was another dumb question. I can’t think straight. It’s too early in the morning and I haven’t had any coffee yet.” He looked over at Pearl. “I don’t think we’re going to get much more out of her than that until I can get some coffee into me and think up some better questions.”“That sounds like a plan,” said Pearl. “I need to get to the bathroom and. He had this smirk on his face like he wasn't going to call my bluff. I thought...ohhh, it's on. On the outside I tried to act completely calm. Inside I was getting a little excited, probably without realizing it. I stopped my truck on the side of the building were I felt like it would be less obvious. Took off my seat belt...I looked right at him, but said nothing. He looked right back at me, still smirking. I thought ,I'll wipe that smirk off your face. I leaned over and felt the front of his.