DAHLIA"Is this where you live, mommy?"

"Yes, baby."

We were at my place — technically, it was Cassie's place — I was just her roommate temporarily. Although Cassie didn't want me to leave. She wanted us to keep living together. And I liked the idea, very much.

I mean, she was a really great person, though wild and sometimes unpredictable.

"Alone? Who's that?" She pointed at a portrait of me and Cassie that we'd taken recently — courtesy of her.

"Don't you remember her? Aunt Cassie ...