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I never found out what happened on Kira's tragic date last night We were about to hear the grisly details when she stopped,across the room at the television over the bar Jo and I traded looks of confusion as aited for her to go on, but Kira was elsewhere As she sat there, transfixed, her face lit up, brighter and brighter

I turned to look at the television behind a I looked all around the bar, trying to figure out ould explain this sudden delay of gossip Then I turned back to Kira and examined her more closely I wondered if I'd find a tranquilizer dart sticking out of her neck, or rays of light strea that could explain why last night's disotten To paraphrase the announcers at the end of Elvis's concerts, Kira had left the building

Jo waved a hand in front of our friend's blank eyes "Hello! What's going on?"

That snapped her out of it, and she turned to us with a hard gasp "Oh ood to be true" She yanked out her phone and started to work it like a video game This only made her more excited Did Kira just win the lottery? Maybe she'd just been awarded a Nobel prize

Whatever this was, Kira was definitely taking it seriously You'd think her world had just been turned upside down She tapped her phone one last ti to believe this Guess which band is back andhere at the end of June!" She sucked in her breath and jumped a little

I started to work on her riddle but was impeded by two and a half pints of beer What can I say? It was a Thursday, girls' night out And we'd been at it for a while Also, I hadn't been paying complete attention up to that point because, honestly, this had started off as just another one of Kira's breakup stories, and I'd heard them all since, well, forever So I had to recalibrateabout

Neither Jo nor I actually had a chance to answer Kira's question-she ay too excited to let anyone guess She waited a tenth of a second, then blurted out the band's name, loud and fast like a popped balloon

"Fiery Boys!"

Whoa, had I just heard her right? I sat up straight, knocked ht it before anything spilled See? I can hold my liquor