He took a good look at his house, then took a deep breath and walked to his front door. John took a glance at his block, noting how it appeared to be ...n ordinary weekend day in his neighborhood.He took his set of keys and unlocked the door of his house. To his surprise, he found his wife standing there waiting in front of the stairs, with his kids Hank and Tisha looking at him from a safe distance, wary of his presence. From the look in his wife's eye, he was prepared for the worst."So what's. I remember having my toes curled around the edge of the board like, gripping it. When I looked down, the water was a LONG way down there. I don’t know how long I stood there shaking before I finally plugged my nose, closed my eyes and just jumped.”“And you lived,” I grinned.“I lived,” she nodded. “I hit the water hard, but I opened my eyes under the water, floated up and caught my breath. Jake, it was the most thrilling thing in the world. I spent the rest of the summer diving off that thing. It was morning sickness real bad last week. I think my body was just changing over to stop my cycle and adapt to the change. I havent felt anything like it since. Does your mom know? I asked. Yea. She took me to the doctor when I was sick and thats when we found out, Becky almost winced as she said this. Blew her top? Lisa said apologetically, knowing the feeling all to well. She stews, Becky replied. She wanted to know why I wasnt taking my birth control pills shed been buying. Why werent you?. I don’t want you to take a swing at him while you’re half drunk.”“Yes, Ma’am,” I said. “You heard her, Marty. Hard liquor only.”“You leave me out of this!” he protested with a laugh. “I’m following orders. She says no getting drunk, so no getting drunk.”“Your wife sets you up to spend the day with a Hooker and you don’t wanna party?” I asked, disappointed.“You’re not my type,” he said flatly.“Picky, picky!” I complained while the girls laughed. “Alright,” I said, getting more serious. “What are.