I was a bit surprised he agreed to it, but I guess Karl was very persuasive. I assume you’ll be there.”“Yes, of course!”We bowed and everyone ...went their separate ways.May 29, 2000, Chicago, Illinois“Happy Birthday, Pumpkin!” I said when she climbed into a chaise with me on Monday morning.“Thanks, Dad!”“How did I ever survive you turning twelve?” I asked.“Oh please! Jesse is fourteen and Matthew will be thirteen!”“And neither of them is YOU!”She laughed and snuggled close.I loved cuddling with. A bit of buzz leftover from a sunrise joint gave the display's reality a virtual kick. I wasn't scared of heights as long as there was a railing between me and the view. Vertigo and mountain crests have a mutual animosity and there's no sense in testing gravity. "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that," Belinda chuckled and minced the voice of the crazy computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey as she fired-up the little drone's four engines and launched my point of view into the air. The shrill. She caught my half-grin and quickly changed the subject. "Where did you go?" Vladimir's Video Arcade."She giggled, "I should have guessed. Is that ole Russian immigrant still in business? I'm surprised he hasn't been deported."I laughed and said, "Vladimir does big business during Christmas Break. He had a busted "Zombie Nation" game so I fixed it for him. I just had to replace a circuit-board. He's got a couple of "Crazy Otto" machines. They're like 30 years old. He wants me to salvage enough. I placed my towel in the grass. I closed my eyes and put on my black sun glasses.About an hour later I heard some noise from out new neighbors. It had been so long since someone had moved in to the place. I forgot about the old neighbors. I do remember there daughter. She was the same age as me. She had some of the same classes as me. She was not like the other girls in high school. She was the exact opposite. She was more curvier than all the girls at school. She had a big chest and a nice big.