Three and then some (Lucy Lacemaker And Celia)
(For correspondence and updates, please go to : https://ricebowl70.blogspot.com/2025/08/updates.html ) The night had come, the stars shone brightly in the sky and you were driving across a relatively empty road, feeling as each and every bump hit your car’s wheels, your fingers tapping to the beat of the generic track they were playing on the radio. Usually you wouldn’t be driving at this hour, you weren’t the best at driving in the dark and the roads seemed to be particularly hazardous at this hour but you had agreed to go to a pseudo-concert at the edges of the city in one of the fancier buildings the city had. It was a “musical exhibition” as the advertisement called it, a chance for new artists to show themselves off to a live audience and your girlffriend Celia had managed to get a spot on stage. She had invited you to come, figuring that you would appreciate the music, as well as inviting another friend along with you, that friend being Lucy Lacemaker. As such it quickly be...