They were certainly a pair. Cincinnati in a dead man’s suit, Mother in a dead man’s wallet.

“It amazed me how some people could touch an instrument and create something so …”

“I wished I had a friend in the Quarter, someone like Charlotte. Someone I could…”

“Andrius turned. His eyes found mine. I'll see you he said. My face didn't wrink…”

“I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of …”