" "The... ahh... photographer's waiting," Anya said, blushing just a little. "Shall we go?" ***"So the big bad wolf... what's the matter, Amy?" Teri w...as feeling a bit worn. This was the fourth time that the six-year old had interrupted the story she was trying to tell while the photographer, Rae, took candid shots. A few of the children squirmed; they just wanted to get back to the rides in Kiddy Playland that Rae was using as background for her photos. "What's it like being on TV?" Amy asked,. When they heard the Hum. The Taos Hum, they call it. Government conspiracy, they say. Weather modification experiments. Weapons tests. Some secret submarine base at the South Pole. Big machines tunneling under the earth. Something alive living below the crust. Almost as many reasons for the Hum as there are people who hear it.”“Is it bullshit?”“I dunno. The people who call in, on the radio show, they sure seem to believe it. And it doesn’t ruin everyone’s life. Some people who hear it, they. She refuses my advance and pushes me aside as she heads towards my front door. There's a pause and I'm speachless when she turns and looks me in the eye for a brief second and says bluntly, "it's over. I don't want to see you any more." She hesistates as she turns away then adds quietly, "i'm sorry."The door closes silently as I stand a gape, flacid and cold. I wept as I put my pjs on and cry myself to sleep. The early morning dawn wakes me un-rested and still sobbing. I silence my alarm and go. You have to be one of Alice and Dave’s most intimate and deepest friends in the world to have done that for them. I can see that they love you a great deal, and I’m already developing feelings in that direction.” They kissed.Dave reached over and held Pam’s hand. “I didn’t know until tonight. I’ve been a little dense on just how deep those feelings ran until a few minutes ago. I do love both women very deeply. We’ll need to talk. I’m finding some very affectionate and long-term feelings for.