Chapter 127

Steve was a deep red as he looked at his friends and Kate and Paula. “We seem to keep messing up, Paula. I’m really sorry about that. Kate, you shouldn’t have had to listen to that and I apologize to you. I’m feeling a lot better. I should go back home with Uncle Joe.”

“No one would argue that you’re feeling better. I just wish I felt as good as Gwen does now. Look at her glow,” observed Kate. “That was totally awesome! I knew you’d be good, but that was unbelievable!”

“Now you see why we need some discipline and restraint,” interjected Paula. “Kate turned 16 a couple months ago and shouldn’t be hearing what she just heard, what the neighbors just heard, and what the people on the next street probably heard. Now she’s eager to enjoy something that’s she’s too young to experience. Poor Charlotte and Billy had to sit through it, too.”

“No problem here!” laughed Billy. “It was an honor to hear the maestro at work as he conducted the symphony through a rousing crescend