It was a large room looking like the record room with piles of papers, files and other office stuff. In the far corner was a table with TV sitting on ...it and a medium sized refrigerator next to the table and a small sofa love seat by the side wall. Ed could not think anything else and sat down quickly in the middle of the sofa with the glass still in his hand. In a short while, Aurei returned after closing the bar doors and shutting the lights. He approached the sofa and sat sharply close to. I pictured something much daintier, like a finger gently going into her mouth, but now I had an insight into the violence that she inflicted on herself. I hugged her tighter. ‘Don’t worry, Ray. I told you because I don’t want to keep doing it.’ ‘I know, babe.’ I kissed her forehead, hoping she could close the gap between wanting to stop and actually stopping. ***** We were standing out on the sidewalk when Alicia’s parents pulled up in a cab. I said goodbye to Janice and gave Alicia a quick. A win took three dollars but as I pointed to a poster in the grimy corner, out of the glare of the first run hits featuring explosions and fast cars, I considered it a worthwhile investment. Sissy couldn’t see which poster I had picked for her and I made her wait until we were away from the noise of the midway and seated back inside my truck before I let her see it. She pulled the tightly rolled paper from the clear plastic tube and examined it at arm’s length. ‘Sissy,’ I said. ‘That’s Sue Lyon. Jon Snow was already clearly a fine King as well as general, and he more than earned the love and admiration of the Mother of Dragons, his own aunt. Oh, yes, she was a Targaryen through and through, including the preference for her own blood, so her own nephew had a significant advantage, anyway.“Lord Varys, I see, and Lord Tyrion Lannister, the Hand of the King and Queen,” Lord Edmure acknowledged both men (or the eunuch and dwarf, but who was counting).“Yes, I am Master of Coin these days,.