I used to catch the last train at night which was never busy as it stopped at the end of the line for the night ready for the first morning train. As ...I stayed not far from the terminus station it was nice to relax knowing that I wouldn’t miss my stop. There was only two other passengers waiting on the platform. One was a middle aged man and the other was an elder lady of about sixty. The train slid into the station with a familiar his of steam which billowed out over the platform hiding every. When the show was over I looked at Audrey. She was fully dressed already and was getting back into her harness again. The three of us then watched as Stella got dressed and got back into her harness.The rest of the climb up the face was too strenuous to allow the girls to chat very much. They had to conserve their strength. They did very well actually. It was good to have Ralph on the other end too. He was just as pleased to have me in the lead. We just might have discovered a couple to climb. “And now they’re gone. I’m so sorry, love.”Relieved that he understood – that maybe I wasn’t totally crazy – I buried my face in his shirt and let the tears flow one more time. Of everyone we knew, I thought Alistair might understand what I was going through the most; his parents had loved him and yet not been around either, and he had only someone else’s word for it. When we get back to Ferelden, I’m going to find someone to track down his mother if it’s the last thing I do.We sat together. The problem is they have a hell bent for leather Texas Ranger here in Austin."I brag, "I've had some run ins with the Rangers and unless they are really good they aren't going to catch me."The janitor states, "This guy is like a Mounty - he always gets his man. Hey why don't you throw them a loop and take a night off?"I blink, look at him and say, "Well then, what the hell can I do for grins?"He smiled with his reply, "Well, you seem to like the blues, so there's this little blues club I like.