Chrissy smiled at him, ‘I was saying that I need to go into town for some last minute Christmas shopping. Since you don’t have a car, I was wonder...ng if you would like to go with me. Tracy has a few items we can pick up for her if you are interested. Or you could stay here with Mark, if you would rather.’ Christmas shopping??? He had forgotten completely about why he was here. Mike mentally ran through what he had bought for everyone. He had brought a huge box of assorted nuts for his brother. There was one woman and two men as passengers. While we were still too far away to be of any help, one of the bandits grabbed the arm of the woman. A male passenger tried to object, and he was immediately shot in the gut by another of the bandits.The passenger fell to the ground, and Josh and I assumed that he was dead. The next thing we knew, there was another gunshot, and the second male passenger fell to the ground, also presumably dead. All four of the bandits now pointed pistols at the. Who's a cute little puppy? You're a cute little puppy that's who!” she said talking in baby voice at the puppy. “You think mom and dad would let us have a dog?” I whispered so noone would hear. “I don't see why not, we had a cat remember?” “That was a long time ago, and they didn't wanna let us get that.” The shop lady walked back over to us. “Well if you're serious about buying him he still needs to get his checkups and get caught up on his shots, so that should give you some time to figure. “And, anyway, we’ll need any money we can save.”“It’s not enough to make a difference, and we’ll need any Carolyn we can save more.”“I’m fine. I’ve been indulging myself.” And she would have to get back to work. Women hoed corn until their waters broke and delivered healthy kids; she wasn’t going to lie in bed for nine months. For one thing, she needed to finish the dissertation this year.“Both of us? ... You’ve been indulging both of us.” Well, it was sweet of him to say so, and it was true in.