Harold took Caroline home to get some rest. They’ll be back later today. Margaret went to Fort Sam to fetch your doctor from there. She said she’d...bring him back at gun point if necessary.”Tommy was smiling at what Rita said about Margie when a nurse came scampering into the room to answer the call button.“Good morning, Mister Bledsoe, and Happy New Year. I’m Nurse Lopez. You are in the Intensive Care Unit of the Central Texas Regional Hospital in Brownwood. Let’s see what the doctor ordered. Happy atmosphere, music playing, couples dancing sensuously. All too shrill and just a little juvenile for Mandy.When a boyish faced young man asked her to dance, Rita leapt eagerly to her feet, hissing, “Can you boogie?”After a long while Rita, red-faced and wide-eyed, returned, wearing a different dress. Rita flopped alongside Mandy gasping, “Phew, talk about a quickie. Too fast on the trigger. I’m still wound up.”Not much time later, Mandy made an early excuse and retired. Rita elected to. Covering my son's medical expenses and the ‘blue book' of our car is the very least you can do. "As for pain and suffering, my son will be suffering for the rest of his life. He cannot get the education he was in line for. He will probably walk with a limp for the rest of his life because of his broken thigh bone. I think a grand total of say, $500,000 dollars is not out of line here," Barbara said."$500,000 dollars is a bit steep, Mrs. Andrews. I don't know if we can go that high. I was. So I muttered off a goodbye and hit the sack.I must have been drunker than I thought, because I fell asleep almost the second I got into bed. A few hours later, I woke up and realized I had to throw up. I was still drunk and wasn't even sure if I was just dreaming it. I heard soft moans coming from the living room. I perked my ears up. It sounded like Becky.I quietly walked out of the bathroom and walked down the hallway to the living room. I was suddenly scared of what I would see. I wasn't.