But I know he'll call. He said he would and I believe him. I just have to be patient. That's what mom says all the time when I get antsy. Just be pati...nt she says. It will happen when it's supposed to happen. Sure. Just wait. Time goes so slow that it's hard to wait. But I have no choice. I'll wait.Why doesn't he call?At school today it's a trip to see the water purification plant. Big deal! Like I care how they make the water good to drink. It's good to drink so who cares. Anyway, I like the. "What's the deal with your dad, anyway? I always figured he'd be at the farm center until he retired." He was at the farm center until he retired," Judy said. "They were cutting back, and they offered him an early retirement, and he took it. Then, he discovered that staying home with mom all day was driving him nuts. Grandpa used to have that cabin, and came up here hunting and stuff until he died, and Daddy decided to come up here and stay a while until he figured out what he wanted to do. I. Legios spent a few heartbeats trying to get past the paint; it wasn't truly possible. The woman was older, perhaps in her forties, with the black hair and black eyes of the Mexicotal. She wasn't fat like most of the noblewomen of the God-King, but it was clear she'd been a mother. Her lips were full; her nose had an impressive break.The girl was younger, perhaps twenty summers, but otherwise a twin of her mother, although she was much thinner."Are they still advancing?" the older woman. Soon we were enjoying the condo's indoor pool where she introduced me to a boy named Jason. She said he lived in the building, was going on 17 years old and they had become friends. I thought they were a little flirty in the Jacuzzi splashing water on each other but let it go. For the next week or so I'd see Jason at the pool, or sauna or gym and sometimes in the evenings he'd come over to watch TV with us. I didn't think much of it. Then one night she confessed that they had been having sex.