”“That sounds encouraging.”“Hawk, I need to discuss this with you, Brenda, and Maria before we see her, and it probably wouldn’t be a bad id...a to have Deke there, also.”“We can do that. What about your grandfather? Is he still around?”“You never know with him, but I’ll see. Do you really think we need him?”“Jason, I have to admit that the old man is spooky as hell, but I’m coming to believe there’s more to this world than what I can touch. I’d feel a lot more comfortable hearing whatever. "He didn't get a chance to practice very much. We only did it three times before I broke up with him." Three times?" Jake marveled, recalling that she and the doc had been together almost five months. Assuming she'd made him wait two months before giving it up the first time that meant they'd had sex about once a month. Once a month! This was inconceivable to Jake. It was also quite a contrast to the Rachel he knew. Rarely did a twenty-four hour period go by in which they weren't at each other. After the first dance Chris brought me a drink and we chatted aboutschool and sport. I found myself listening intently to every word Chrissaid. He was excited to hear I had become a cheerleader. "It soundslike we will be seeing a lot of each other, Kate, I look forward toseeing more of you at our matches," Chris said. "I'll bet you are thebest cheerleader in the squad!"Was there a double entendre in what Chris was saying? He could havemeant simply that we would be seeing each other more. Anytime Mom used that tone of voice I cringed, I think dad did too.“Oh that was just Stan. He just wanted to let Jack know about a potential deal, for another wreck if he was interested.”That piqued my interest immensely.I had plans now for the jeep in the barn, it was nice, but I wanted to give it to the mechanical shop class at school. It was also a soft-top, and although it would be nice in the summer to drive, I had decided I would prefer a hard-top type jeep instead.I had mentioned this to.