Byron Pierce

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He disappeared before my eyes. I found myself grinning the rest of the morning. Aaron wasn't the only one who would be OK.

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He started to fade a bit. "Well, I'll be going, but I needed to thank you, for all you've done for my family. Aaron's going to be OK now."

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to have to worry about you hovering around while I'm with women, Cindy or otherwise." He laughed loudly. "Then don't worry about it!"

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get over it." I nodded. "I probably will, eventually." "Well, that Cindy chick should help take your mind off things." "Listen, I don't want

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"Thanks to your son, it did work out. Except for that little part about my killing my best friend, that is." "Oh, that," he replied. "You'll

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"And you, my friend," he replied. "I came to apologize. I'm glad it worked out as I thought it would and you didn't have to go to prison."

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had a choice. Except for on soap operas and 'Lost,' dead is pretty much dead." "Well..." "It's good to see you, Phil," I said, sincerely.

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see you again," I said. "I'm like a bad penny. Besides, you didn't think I would really leave you, did you?" I laughed. "I wasn't aware you

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meditate for an hour every morning, no matter what. This morning as I opened my eyes I heard a soft chuckle. Phil. "I didn't think I'd ever

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Serenity changed my life many ways. I'm extraordinarily wealthy, allowing me to purchase Tops, which is actually very exciting. And I still

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Without then I wouldn't have Raven." "True. But when I realized what happened I should have -" She cut me off with another hug. "It's over."

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go through all of that," she said. "You're sorry? After what I put you through?" "Hey, I know Phil's powers of persuasion, remember?

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my shoulder & looked up to see Sofia. "Hey," I said. "I've been meaning to talk to you." Sofia hugged me tightly. "I'm so sorry you had to

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"Right back at you. Without the whole charges being dropped thing." We laughed, and Dennis turned to other well-wishers. I felt a hand on

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his hand. "Good luck, man. Now that the charges have been dropped, I hope you can find what you came to Bay City looking for." I nodded.

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"But I promise that, given the chance, I'll take as good care of Tom for you as you did for me all those years." I nodded & Dennis held out

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counting on you to take care of my boy -" my words faded as I got choked up. "I know we've had our differences in the past," Dennis said.

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colliding." Dennis laughed. "And now they always will," he said. "But not over a woman, thank God! Dennis, thank you for what you said. I'm

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Last night I made my way thru the crowd to Dennis. "Hey," I said. "Hey yourself," he replied. "So, here we are again. Seems our lives keep

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by my leadership of Serenity, would take another major hit. Maybe it was time to contemplate a new career.