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THE JAZZ SIPPER

Jessie asked and then followed it up with a warm laugh, yeah I am Aunt
Jessie, Vance answered. What about Cheryl? Vance asked, have you seen
her lately? No, I haven’t seen her for about two to three weeks Aunt Jessie
said. Well, when you see her tell her to write and let me know what’s up with
her. Oh, Aunt Jessie said, before I let you talk to your Uncle Frank, Regina
came by; she had come home because her father had a heart attack and was
hospitalized. But he is doing ok now. She said that she never received your
calls or messages and she would explain it all to you when she got a chance
to talk with you. She spent all day over here with me and Frank and she looked
really good, seems like New York was really agreeing with her.

At that time I could hear Uncle Frank in the background, come on Jessie
give me the phone before the time run out. What’s up Uncle Frank, Vance
asked, he was smiling as he was talking to Uncle Frank and he could tell
Uncle Frank had a big stupid grin on his face as well. Vance heard Aunt Jessie
tell him to close his mouth before something flew into it, but Uncle Frank just
tuned her out and focused on the conversation at hand. So what do you think
about shipboard life Uncle Frank asked. It is not that bad, Vance said. But I
really like being in Naples, Italy. My friend from D. C and I will be going out
later to get something to eat and do some shopping. That is great Vance,
savior your experiences, they will be with you for a life time and try not to drink
so much, because out there it is easy to do. What‘s that, Uncle Frank said the
women are beautiful in Italy and in Europe. Vance started laughing, he knew
that was Uncle Frank’s way of letting him know that the women over in Europe
was beautiful without letting Aunt Jessie know that he was leading the
conversation that way. But Vance heard Aunt Jessie say UnHummm... and
Vance started laughing again. Hey Uncle Frank if you going to the track today