I wasn’t supposed to be there but it was early and security wasn’t that tight yet.Back stage passes were my goal but I wasn’t sure how to go abo...ut getting one when out of the back door came two guys. I recognized one from the volleyball tournaments. He was one of the cameramen that had worked for ESPN. He recognized me as well as I said a silent thanks for small worlds. Dave came over and introduced me to the head sound engineer. They were going out to get some lunch and invited me to join. “We’re going to lose our reservations if we don’t hurry.”The two women reluctantly agreed and we headed out.We arrived at the restaurant fashionably late. It was a ritzy place and everyone was dressed rather formally so I didn’t feel out of place wearing a suit. We were led to the table and Stephanie ordered a bottle of wine. My mom didn’t protest when I poured myself a glass. Soon after the conversation started I began to feel like a third wheel. I didn’t really mind as I was enjoying looking. " Sounds wonderful," Eva said without any attempt to sound at allinterested in what sounded like an evening of singing that was sure tobe worse that an evening or karaoke."Will you be singing?" Maddie asked, obviously psyched to perform."Me!?" Eva was appalled. "Oh, don?t be silly. I don?t ?perform,?"theword sounded like a swear. "That was always Sophia?s thing. Now, ofcourse, it?s Veronica?s."Maddie smiled. "It sure is. Honestly, I grew up hearing about how greata singer your mother was, but I. A medal I won at a cross country meet ... five or six foreign coins I’d gotten here and there ... an extra cable for the VCR ... stuff like that. And two rolls of film.I got them out and looked at them. 400 ASA black and white. Not the best thing to take portraits of anything with. Great for taking quick shots on vacation, as the car sped along, but for boobs? It was all I had, though, and I couldn’t see me going back to my Mom and telling her we needed to run down to Wal-Mart before she showed.