Both Emma and I were laughing by the time the man’s van had sped down the street. I hugged her. She can turn even a dangerous event into a comic mis...dventure. I said, ‘Emma, that man is a menace to society. We should do something to be sure he doesn’t try to harm anyone else.’ She laughed. ‘I saw ‘A Clockwork Orange’, Momma. That little heavenly vision is implanted in his brain. Every time he thinks about being violent he’s going to have a visit from an angel.’ I was shocked. ‘Emma, I didn’t. “That’s the cost of one. I don’t have to. This building’s grandfathered.”“Not my problem,” Homer harrumphed and took a sip of the cold water.Cal didn’t answer. He knew Homer wouldn’t have ‘climbed the mountain’ if there wasn’t something important on his mind.“My problem is you callin’ Jack Ross behind my back,” Homer declared.“What’re you talking about?” Cal protested. “I called him up, that’s all. Are you trying to say I need permission?”Homer bit his lip. Cal might not have noticed because. You love to tease me, and this is definitely a tease. Next you grab the chocolate syrup and tell me it’s my turn to get sticky. You place a drop on your tongue and lick my tongue with yours. You know how I love the taste of chocolate – next, you place a few small drops on my bottom lip so I can lick it off while I watch you work your magic fingers and tongue. You then do the same with the syrup as you did with the whiskey, sucking it off my neck, except this time you keep kissing my lips in. In with all of the pointy things was a life preserver I stole when I first got on the boat. It was going to help keep me afloat despite the density of the weapons. While the bag was not exactly buoyant, it did not sink. That was enough to let me drag it behind me as I slowly, so as to not give anyone on the ferry a reason to look back, swam to shore.The sun was well and fully up by the time I clawed my way up the beach. Which is when I learned that when you are trying to not drown as you haul a.