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          “Tina is in Seattle!” 
Alice yelled at Dana over the music of the band, Ebony Dawn was pounding out a Disturbed song that Alice did not know.  She had been staring at Quin for the last
hour, wondering just who the mysterious woman was.  Maddy had been of no help, she did not know
where she lived.  She did not know where
she worked; she did not know her last name either. 

          She was going to track down the
rest of the band during intermission and get them to talk to her.  She hated a mystery, and something about Quin
made her want to get to know her.  It was
the heart of the poet that she wanted to meet. 
Not the hard nosed, tough talking guitar player, but the women that
wrote the songs that they played.  She
was yanked back to reality by Dana.

          “Why?”  Dana asked, Tonya sitting down next to her and kissing her cheek.  Alice had temporarily forgotten about wanting
to separate them, she was too engrossed in finding out the mysteries of Quin.  She was going to have to double her efforts
the wedding was getting closer.

          “She wanted to visit her sister
she had a car accident.  Tina‘s mom asked her to go; it will be good
for her.”  Alice said, just as Shane and Jenny walked into the room.  Jenny was sporting a new look, her hair was shorter, her clothes
much more grundge and less cheap *****.  Alice saw Marina look up and take instant notice of her,
and Alice thought that Marina was having second thoughts about ending
the relationship.

          “HOT!  Oh my god, Shane who is your date?”  Tonya asked, and Alice turned and was about to shoot her a
glare when Maddy stepped up to the mike after finishing off the Disturbed song.  Alice was about to speak, but then she
thought, why bother?

          “Hey everyone…”  Alice hushed the table, waving, slapping hands
and wild gestures.  Shane shrugged and Jenny had to smile, Alice was spellbound.

          “I want to thank everyone for
your support, we have a CD we just finished, and Marina has been kind enough to agree to sell it.  Ten dollars for the CD, it has 12 original
songs written by our own Quin…”  Some
cheering from the crowd and Quin seemed un-phased.  She merely glanced at Maddy, who smiled at
the guitar player.  Alice watched with rapt attention, she
couldn’t pry her eyes off Quin.