"Honey it won't be as bad as you think." Marge turned to Baby the next morning. "It will do you good to get away."

"Momma, I don't want to go back there." Baby said standing before her parents still in her pajamas.

"Well, we are not taking no for an answer." Marge told her daughter firmly. "Get yourself dressed. We will wait."

Baby knew it was hopeless and turned and headed to her bedroom to get ready and pack. Her parents were going to drag her back into the past. She knew it would hold nothing but memories

"I can't imagine being here even one day with out you."

"Ah, you'll have more time for horseshoes and crocket. Maybe they will saw you into seven pieces now."

"Guess we sure surprised everyone."

"Guess we did...I'll never be sorry."

"Neither will I."

Baby smiled as she remembered the day she thought she would never see Johnny again. She could still remember the gentle kiss he placed upon her lips before he drove his black Chevy out of town. Baby remembered how it felt when she finally seen Johnny's car disappear into the hot summer afternoon. She was crushed, but what could she do. Johnny risked his job for her. He took such a risk to be with her. Even though it was only three weeks she couldn't help but be with him. Now he had left her at Kellerman's. It was the last night and Baby was miserable. Everyone was laughing and having the best time and all Baby could do was sit in the corner and watch the life around her.

But, Johnny came back for her for the last dance of the season. It was the most magical night she knew of. That had to have been the night Josie was conceived. It was all so right.

How could she face Kellerman's again? That was where everything had started. Her stomach began to churn as she felt fear come upon her. There was no way she could go. Even though she knew Johnny wouldn't be there she knew she couldn't help but think of him every moment. I mean she can't even stop now. He flooded her every thought.

Why did she walk away from him a last night? It just seemed like the right thing to do but now why was she second guessing herself? This past few months had kept Baby so confused. She just didn't think there was any light at the end of her tunnel. But, in actually was Johnny her light?

"Please, understand I can't face that place." Baby said pleading with her parents as she walked back into the living room.

Marge frowned before she spoke. "If you can't, Baby you can't."

"Thank you for understanding Momma." Baby hated to let her mother down.

"We better be hitting the road Marge. Don't worry about Baby she will be fine." Jake said motioning toward the door."

"Just promise me you won't sit at home and be upset." Marge told Baby.

"I promise. You and Daddy go and have a good time." Baby told them giving them each a big hug. "I will not let myself get down."


Johnny paced the kitchen floor. He had to have a plan. He had to be with the only person that ever truly meant something to him. What if she didn't want him? What if he laid everything out on the line for her and she just turned and rejected him? Could he handle that? He had to risk it. He had to risk everything.

Becky could see it in his eyes. He had so much respect for her for letting him go. She was truly an amazing person. He hoped one day she could experience the type of love he has for Baby. It is something so unreal.

"There are two kinds of help here. You waiters are all college guys, and I went to Harvard and Yale to hire you, and why did I do that? I shouldn't have to remind you, this is a family place. Keep your paws outta the water, your hair outta the soup, and show the goddamn daughters a good time; all the daughters, even the dogs. Shlap em out to the terrace, show em the stars, romance em any way you want."

"Got that guys?"

"Hold it! Well, if it isn't the entertainment staff. Listen wise ass, you got your own rules, dance with the daughters. Teach em the mambo, the cha-cha, anything they pay for, but that's it. That's where it ends. No more conversation and KEEP YOU'RE HANDS OFF!"

"It's the same as all those other places, some ass in the woods maybe, but no conversation."

"Watch it Rodriguez!"

"Think you can handle that Johnny?"

"Just put you pickle on everybody's plate pretty boy and leave the hard stuff to me."

Johnny broke Max's rules in every way possible. He didn't mean for it to happen but it did and he wouldn't change it for nothing in the world. At that point in his life he needed that job more than anything. When he lost his job for his relationship with Baby he wasn't that upset. He knew in his heart it was worth all the hard times that lay ahead.

His life would be incomplete if he didn't get Baby back. He knew that now. He realized the love and happiness he had been missing since that summer at Kellerman's.

Emotions took Johnny over as he fumbled around for his car keys. His future was waiting in New York and he didn't want to waste anymore time. He had to see her now.


Baby stopped as she passed the door to Josie's bedroom. It had t remained closed ever since she died. She could never bring herself to go it but now it seemed like something was drawing her to it. She hesitated as she slowly turned the knob and flicked the light switch on.

Everything was still in place. It looked as if Josie was to run in at any minute. Her pink sheets still perfectly made. Baby took a seat on Josie's bed and looked around the room slowly. It was so hard to believe that her little girl would never set foot in there again. Her laughter would fill up the whole room.

"We got a code blue in here! Get Dr. Rosenberg in here now!"

"Get the crash car over here."

"Ready, one, two three…go. No pulse."

"Again, one two three…now. Nothing."

"We have to get a pulse, again."

There was silence in the room.

"I am sorry Ms. Houseman she is gone."

Baby didn't understand still what went so wrong that day. It would be the worst day of her life. She now had to be thankful for six beautiful years with Josie. Baby had to let go of the bad memories and concentrate on the good ones. She had to stop being so depressed. She can't bring Josie back and she needed to accept it. She has let her life come to a halt. She has to pick up her heart and move on.

Her mind drifted to the father that helped bring Josie into this world. She had pushed Johnny away in her pain. Baby didn't know how to react to moving on without Josie. She felt she didn't deserve to be happy if she didn't have Josie. But, she knew she wanted to be happy.

Would Johnny still want her? Had she pushed him away for good? She desperately wanted to know.