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though I would be able to be there for most of it, I would have to be late. “When you get there, you will come up and sit by me on the stand won’t you?” Donna asked. “After all, it is Valentine’s Day.” “If I get there late, I don’t want to make a big commotion,” I answered. “I think I will just slip in the back, and then join you between sessions.” She looked at me with big puppy dog eyes. “But that won’t be very romantic.” “But, Honey, you know how much I hate people staring at me,” I said. “And if I have to go clear up on the stand...” She stopped me. “Let’s do this. I will have someone save a couple of seats on the front row, and I will come down off of the stand and join you.” I thought about it a minute and felt that was a fair compromise. Saturday came, and things didn’t go as planned. I was even later than I expected. When I messaged Donna to say I was on my way, she texted back that she had to play for some extra musical numbers and couldn’t join me immediately. “But I talked a lady on 30