It’s up to you,’ I told her. Christy looked at Jill helplessly. ‘Christy, you can trust Jake. He’s a good man. There is no one else I would ev...er go to if I needed help. I’m sure he can help you,’ my sister said. Her words made me proud, but I had to wonder if I could live up to them. ‘Okay, Jake. I admit I’m scared. I don’t know what else to do. I’ll trust you,’ Christy said. ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do yet or how long this will take, but I will do whatever I can,’ I said, trying to be. As I waited in line for service, I noticed 3 staff behind the counter: 50+ woman who looked bored; 30-something guy (station manager); young Latina - short, shoulder-length hair, and eyes like on a velvet painting. All I could do was hope, "Pleeze let me get waited on by the Latina!"Call it alignment of the planets, but I drew the lucky number. I approached the counter and Jenn greeted me with a smile as bright and big as her eyes. "How are you today, sir!" I could have been put off by the. "And together we are friends so true!" Amid swellings of saccharin theme music, the opposing Azure pedigreed pooch danced in complete agreement."Well, I am the blue dog and you are the red!" It sang while it's tail wagged in time with the music. "And I agree with what you said!" Washu found herself wincing."Meaningless, mind-numbing pap!" She muttered wondering what Mayuka and Mihoshi got out of the show."Please god! never let me find out!" Washu prayed, peeking then over back of the sofa, to. We sat on a bench, trying to figure out where to go next.“What are we doing for lunch?” Claire asked.“McDonald's?”“Dad! Be serious.”Alex chuckled. She loves my corny jokes.“Fine. Use that fancy phone and find a local hole in the wall for us.”“Got it!”Claire went to work on her cell phone. Alex had her head in the clouds, looking up at the sky in amazement.“What do you see?”“Nothing really, baby. I’m just… wow. I love it here.”“Nothing beats Madrid in the summer.”I leaned into Alex and we.