. like she was in a car crash, or something, and had died. I got this huge lump in my throat, and it felt awful.I spent the next two hours playing bas...etball with a twelve-year-old girl. It was great.One of the things I learned about women that summer, or at least about Gloria, was that, while good intentions make the rules, they don't necessarily stand up to really strong emotions. She had said that, when I dated, and began fooling around with girls, I would be all mixed up inside. I found out. "No Popoff," she sobbed in anguish, "Please Popoff."Angel had always felt her timing was terrible. She had been running a few errands and on a whim she decided to stop by her parent's house and say hello to her mother. She opened the back door and entered the kitchen and when she did she thought she was going to die. Martin was standing there waving the belt around as Mia crouched behind Claudia in fear."Mom!" Mia cried out when she saw Angel enter the kitchen and she ran to her mother almost. .." If you can't remember must not have been important."He stood up, reaching his hand out towards the nun. She looked at this man, picking up her drink and downing it in one swig. She took his hand and allowed him to lead the way. "What do I call you," she asked.He thought to himself. The body had a name that it wanted to say, and his own name would not reconcile. He decided on a new name."You may call me, the Puppet Master. Master if you're feeling kinky."The nun blushed. She was now. Charley was nine and she was six when the pinto was given to her.The Richeys bought him for their daughter, unaware he had one trick. He came to a whistle. Otherwise, he could run like Hell for a quarter mile and stop dead, switching ends and kicking with both feet, like a mule. A pretty penny they paid for a small horse that damn near killed their only child with his one trick.They asked, warning her of the trick first, but for Missy it was love at first sight ... Charley seemed to like her in.