She waved back. I stood up and, leaning on the railing, watched her walk up the yard towards the house. I looked back at Chris, “I’ll talk to her ...bout it.” I said.Chris stood up and joined me at the railing, “I got pills now.”“Ah,” I said, “Prescription?”“Mexico.”“They work?”“They have.”My wife was just below us now. She looked up, “You boys get a good look?” I said, “Pretty good.”My wife laughed. She took her hat and gloves off and tossed them somewhere out of sight. She kicked off her garden. One night we all piled into my aunt's trailer for a group sleepover. one of the girls snuck in some beer that she stole from herDad's cooler. After drinking and partying pretty late, the girls andKevin got in a play fight, but it quickly got worse and soured theevening - the girls decided to sleep in the front part of thetrailer and Kevin and I got stuck in back.I was mad because I thought one of the girls liked me, but now Iwasn't getting anywhere, so I just lay there complaining about. He did a long solo using looping to layer himself playing along with himself. After the whole group joined for an almost orchestral finale, it dissolved to the lone violin, atonally sliding from note to note as it faded to silence.In the moments before the next track started, Danny stood and pulled Fred to his feet, leading him to her bedroom. Neither wanted to risk words that might disrupt the intimacy they were feeling. She smoothly peeled her top over her head and stepped out of her jeans. Every chick we put up starts an hour-long argument," Gunny Sinclair agreed. "We need something that'll make them think..."Ed was watching the mess unfold. "There has got to be something..."Mindy popped up with, "Momma always tells me, 'If you take this, you can't have that... ' or 'If you do this now, you can't do that later... ' I dunno..."It was the most Mindy had said at one burst since Ed had known her; he wanted to take it seriously, but couldn't see how it helped... "Thanks, but I don't.