The Klansmen weren’t blind or stupid. They saw us seeking shelter and they didn’t hesitate to try to sniff us out, especially with the hounds that...several of them dragged along into this madness. It was a very tense few minutes, as the Kluckers tried to lure us into the open or force us out. Then we heard a shot, and worse still, saw a Klansman seize Pamela by her hair and pull her out of a bush. She was wounded and yet she struggled, not being one to give up that easily.I heard another shot. That would teach a lesson to those strikers.”“Would the quality be maintained if you moved the factory? I grant you that labor is being a pain in the neck right now, but everyone knows the standard of quality they get when they buy Covington Shoes.” The speaker was a banker who had fronted a great deal of cash to be in on this deal. Beside him was the lawyer who drew up all the papers and made sure they said what the translators in Thailand told them.“That’s true. While I’d like to dump the. Tim slept with his fluffy bear, dragged it everywhere around the house and had been desperately disappointed that he was not allowed to take it to school with him. Like Tina, Buddy the Bear was his, completely and entirely his, no need to share with anyone else unless he was feeling generous. And like Tina, Buddy the Bear stretched his imagination. One day they were spies in dangerous cities or fearful deserts, the next day astronauts in the farthest reaches of space. Sometimes they rescued. “Hey, Timmy,” Gerard greeted back hiding the magazine on top of the fridge, “time to wash-up for supper.” and Tim left to wash-up in the bathroom.Once Tim left, Gerard took the magazine down and started paging through it. ‘Do people... does mom, do this stuff for real?’ he wondered looking at his mother in the next room, ‘Or even to each other?’ Gerard’s thoughts froze at that second and then his mind raced: ‘BDSM magazine, assorted uncles, drunken mom.... Tim?’He raced to the bathroom just as.