( Decker ) I entered the clearing and spotted Seff sitting on top of the largest boulder and I smiled. “Hey man!” I called out to him, and he glanced over his shoulder and smiled. I easily climbed up and then settled down next to him. “So…what’s up?” I asked. Seff had sent me a message early this morning asking me to meet him here. “It’s been a while,” his remark hits home and I nodded as I look around me. It has been a while since we have come here and just simply hang out together. “Is Luca coming?” “Not yet,” I frowned at that and waited for him to explain. Obviously, he wanted to discuss something before Luca joined us. “With everything that has been going on, I realized that tomorrow is his birthday,” “Oh…yeah…I forgot about that,” now it made sense to me. Luca may act like he

