So, how good is that?’ I remembered the tune very well, of course. Passing Passion, the album it came from, was the first record I recorded with Cr...ystal Passion. In fact, it had been a big deal for all of us. Crystal had performed solo on her previous album and now, rather than Crystal Passion being the assumed name of a singer-songwriter, it had become the name of a band. And this was the band that when we went into the studio for the first of our two sessions featured me on keyboards, my. ”“This is awfully confusing,” Jake Hedron sighed, sounding tired. “Can I see her?”Doc Frank grinned. “Sure! Com’on. I’ll… Let me introduce you to your wife!” He laughed as Jake Hedron grinned nervously.Chapter 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Gentlemen, we will be prepared to start the bidding shortly. But first, allow me to present tonight’s entertainment and the treasure you will be bidding on!” He made a wide, sweeping gesture toward a curtained-off square on the stage. The thirty to. He left her a note on the dressing table saying he would be home early and left. About an hour later Margaret awoke and opened her eyes. Wow, she thought, her headache was gone. She laid there for just a minute then looked at the clock. It was still early. I can still make the party she thought. Margaret quickly put on her make up and brushed her hair. From the back of the closet he grabbed her sexy Tinkerbell costume. There wasn’t a whole lot of it. A very small green dress with a diamond. Every building was dilapidated with some actually falling down. The conditions of many of them were so bad that a match and a gallon of gas was the best solution. Only a few were still occupied.Women were carrying water in plastic jugs. At the end of every street there was a dung pit. The stench I remembered.There had been one well for every couple hundred houses, now only one well was operational with a hand pump on it and there was a waiting line.I had seen all I needed to see. A major change.