”If the final-year students recognised that one of their peers was part of our group, they were too polite to comment on it, and they departed as qu...ickly as they had arrived.There was a spontaneous round of applause from my friends as Joanna led me onto the dance floor.“You step on my toes, I break your nose,” warned Joanna. “My father said I’d be a target because of our wealth and made me take self-defence classes. I can break your nose in five different ways.”Luckily a slow dance was just. ”“You know, I was thinking about that last night when Cindy and I were talking about today’s sessions,” as Rhoda giggled like a little girl. “Let’s take it one step at a time this morning and see how I feel about it. You never know. Today might also give you everlasting memories.”“It’s going to be a long day; anything is possible.” Pete remarked. Pete and Rhoda headed for the massage room; perhaps a pleasant trip down ‘memory lane’.A nice hot shower is just what I needed get over the shakes and. . Buck seventy-five, coffee included. Salad extra. Kinda high priced but not too bad. The meatloaf is good too. The chili ... mmmmmm. Greasy ... just like I like it.There wasn't a lot of conversation at lunch ... there was a little wrestling and jabbing of forks but all and all ... good meal. I left fifteen dollars and we groaned all the way out to the car ... suburban ... truck ... panel ... yeah ... the panel. The truck needs a name.We made our overstuffed way to the school where we found. The day of the wake was also the day of a horrible snowstorm. We all piled into the van and made the dangerous drive to the funeral home. The entire time I say in the backseat praying that we would not get into a horrible accident and up severely injured or even worse dead. The angels must have been watching over us because we all arrived in one piece. The moment I walked into the funeral home, I could feel a strange heaviness in the air. This caused me to run into the bathroom in order to.