At the end of the season, I rebuilt each engine.”Ted looked at lawnmower and asked, “Could you show me how to rebuild the engine on this mower?”...��I’ve got a better idea. How about we find an old mower and you can fix it up,” Daryl suggested.Inside the house, Shirley stood at the front window with her arms crossed over her chest. She was still dressed in her night gown and robe even though it was early in the afternoon. It was just too much effort to dress. She didn’t have anywhere to go and no. Having plotted revenge on others many times, she was amazed at the creativity Shauna had shown. She’d have never come up with this as a means of getting even with someone.“Yes, I do. You’re lucky that they didn’t do something worse than that. Mr. Atkins promised me that they wouldn’t maim or kill you. There’s a lot of leeway associated with that promise.”Melissa expected for him to feel like she deserved the punishment, but she was stunned at the news about the promise. She couldn’t believe it.. At the police station she had gone in search of someone she could talk with about it. Elaine hadn't been available to bring take-out -- some mothers-to-be can be so inconsiderate as to when they go into labor! -- and I was starving. I ran into Maria and my old friend from pre-Worm days Mrs. Swain, from Child Protective Services, in the break room. Maria treated me to some yogurt out of the fridge-- be still my beating heart and panging stomach! -- and the three of us chatted while they drank. Wendy would have both options toconsider if or when the opportunity arrived. It now depended on Wendy'streatment for Virginia.Sandie followed the others home on the Wednesday and joined her boy-girlfriend Virginia in the Crossroads store that Wednesday evening.Virginia had been in a pensive thoughtful mood but she perked up whenSandie returned. They chatted about babies but it was still in the hands of God andVirginia wasn't very hopeful. Her own high school biology lessons hadtaught her that.