"We heard the news, and your momtexted me." She heard too?!" whined Tommy."Yes, call her please." Mandy handed him her phone.Tommy chatted with his mo..., and she reassured him, just like the team,that it was no big deal as he walked off with the girls to cheerleadingpractice.As they got to practice a few minutes early, they saw a few footballplayers talking to an older gentleman and pointing their way. Thegentleman walked over and interrupted them, seemingly looking Tommy upand down."Tommy. Eventually I settled on one and found Mom sitting on one side of the couch and Steve sitting on the other. So sitting my usual position meant putting my legs Steve's lap. When I sat down I lifted my legs up on the couch. Tucking my legs up beside myself allowed me to snuggling in next to Mom. Steve grabbed my feet without an invitation and pulled them onto his lap."Hey, stretch out and get comfortable." He then began stroking my legs while Mom played with my tits. While I enjoyed the stroking. I'm trying to say thank you. I think living with my daughter would kill me." Well we can't have that till you teach me all you know," I suggested."That may not be long. You are a pig when it comes to devouring information," he said."Well this pig needs to get home, before dark. I will have a place for you, just keep your head down in the meantime. Don't gloat over your partial victory," I said as I started for the door.The drive back was uneventful, just long. Driving from the plaza exit to the. She forgot about her runaway puppy. She did care about the dead man swinging in the wind, dangling from a poplar tree. Many years ago, Ruby had been a Sunday school teacher. She seemed to remember the crucifixion cross was hammered together from two lengths of poplar wood. The rope creaked again: a tortured sound. From where she had landed on her bony behind on the sloping riverbank, she stared up at the pendulous corpse. The moon hung behind him. He was a dark cut-out against the sky. A broken.