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The next morning she left me in theapartment while she went to work. While lookingfor my shoes, I found a framed photograph underthe bed. It was a photo of a friend of mine. Hehad been in the previous show at the Schubert inCleveland. Of course, it was signed, "With all mylove."In order to understand the next episode,we need to go back a few years in time. Back towhen I lived in Detroit and was visiting NewYork, back to the incident with Chuck and MaryLou. The night after Chuck brought my suitcasesto Downey's.I was feeling very lonely and neededfemale companionship in the worst way. It waslate at night and I was walking along West 49 thStreet. I looked in a bar window and saw thislovely lady looking right back at me. I was soyoung and naive that I had never even heard of"B girls.”I went in and sat at the bar. The younglady came up to me and asked if I would buy hera drink. I did. We seemed to be getting along sowell that when she asked me to go to the back ofthe bar to a booth, it seemed like a good idea tome. She ordered champagne.140