They were as close as any two brotherscould be, and Nick had left home 9 months ago to start college at UCLA.Taylor couldn't believe that Nick hadn't ...eturned home once in those 9months, not even for semester break over Christmas. Apparently one ofNick's college buddies had invited him to spend the break in Hawaii andthat was too good to pass up.Taylor was just glad that Nick was at least coming home for a few weeksbefore the summer term started back in LA. He really missed his big bro,and was. I unhooked it, backed out and admired the driveway. Right at the cattle guard ... left at the Dayton cut-across ... breakfast to the Branding Iron ... it wasn’t the Spur but it’s pretty good.“Hairy! Hairy Medicinewolf!” exclaimed the waitress. “You’re back. How was Denver? I hear you learned to fly.”She proceeded to bend my ear until the “Order up” bell dinged. Mind now ... I hadn’t ordered ... I couldn’t get my foot in the door ... so to speak. Mindy jumped up and grabbed the order ... stopped. " Holy shit!" I croaked as I damn near ran off the road trying to turn around to see who was behind me. I swerved back onto the road. "Jeez, Lady, you scared the crap out of me. Who the hell are you?" I looked in the rear view mirror and saw a female with a face that had obviously taken a couple of punches."Damn, are you OK?" I started to pull off onto the shoulder."No, please don't stop! Please!" She was really freaked out so I pulled back onto the road. "You parked next to our van at the rest. " I told myself as I headed for my bedroom. It is a nice day so why not jump in the pool for a cooling swim.I was changed and out the door in a matter of moments and much to my surprise there was my mother lounging by the pool reading her newspaper. "Hi mom," I called out. "Did you see the local section of the paper yet?"My mother put her paper to the side. My mother Mary Anne Brooks is a very attractive woman with light brown hair that hangs to her shoulders, her lips would be called in any.