Winnifred had to encourage me to go up and tell my side of things. Odd, the lawyers didn’t do much or say much themselves, not in court at any rate....I made my statement; then, it was time for the judge to do all of the talking.He addressed himself mainly to the last two things, the last bones of contention between us, between me and Stacey and my ex-brother.As regards the divorce petition filed by Mrs. Carter, wife of David Carter. I hereby grant it since it is not contested by Mr. David. Let me tell you that you can't fuck it into them."I thought I was going to choke to death and fall off the bar chair with that one. Mercy continued, "That girl you said was your sister has the gift too. She knows she's special and sort of uses it, but she doesn't know how to control it. I want you to spend a lot of time with Mom so she can teach you the way she did Chuck. Chuck's Aunt Etta will also help you. This is important, Chuck, because you can help others with this gift and you can. As I was walking down the street I noticed a girl I used to work with. We got along but never really talked to much, she was cute. I had always found chubby girls quite attractive. Her name was Sophia, she said that she had just finished working at a new place and two of her friends were meeting her at her place for a few drinks and a catch up and invited me along. We began talking as we walked to my car so I could drive us to hers, within the conversation she asked if I was single and I had. .. how would we make it happen?" He broke into a broad grin, and could not restrain himself from giving her a big kiss.Monday, Lindsey went to her own house after school, to her mother's astonishment. She did her homework in her room and joined her parents for supper. The little tape deck in her pocket recorded more general moaning about her new friends, about her not being home much, about everything that had always been wrong.For her part, Lindsey tried to be newsy, telling her parents about.