’ Mary walked over and sat beside Angela. Taking the large spoon that came with the oatmeal she scooped up a serving. Angela leaned forward and allo...ed Mary to put it in her mouth. ‘God, What is that crap?’ ‘It’s oatmeal Miss Angela. Then Mary corrected herself. ‘I mean Angela. I’m sorry, but if I use any formal title you’ll be punished.’ Angela listened and pretended to be sympathetic, ‘Come on let’s get this eaten.’ For the next few minutes Mary scooped oatmeal out of the bowl and put it in. The next morning over breakfast Laura spoke between bites, “It’s the strangest thing about that idea.” “What idea are you talking about Baby, using your silver bullet when talking to Greg?” “Stop you doofus, that silly kids and books idea, Greg thought it was great too. He wants me to come by his office one day next trip and pitch his secretary.” “Wait a minute, you beg off screwing with me last night so you can do phone sex with your lover and then you talk about someone else’s idea for a work. "Tom what is it?" I asked anxiously.Before he could answer my own phone started chirping in the pouch at myhip. Scrambling with the snap I yanked it out and breathed a sigh ofrelief when I saw Aiden on the caller ID. "Aiden," I breathed afteranswering the call, "thank God, are you okay? Tom just got a call fromJake and it sounds like he's upset." I'm not surprised," came the breathless voice from the other end of thecall, "the son of a bitch ended up turning rapey on me after dinner." What?" I. My aunt was a small lady, part Italian, a little on the “round” side, but very pretty. We got to their house, I unpacked my stuff, then we all relaxed and talked a while before dinner. Of course they knew I wouldn't have come up if I didn't plan to jump in the pool, but suggested that we spend the day tomorrow in the water after breakfast. My uncle said he would have to get the patio ready and sweep the pool beforehand. Later we made popcorn and watched some TV 'til late, and then went off to.