She knows your voice from all the times you've read to her. Why don't you try telling her she's safe and that everything is all right?"She looked at m... and I held her eye for a second. Suddenly her breath caught, the color drained from her face, and she whispered, "No."My grin got a little bigger, "It's worth a try."She turned back to the bed, took Amy's hand, stroked her forehead and said, "It's okay Amy, you're safe now."And a miracle happened.The heart monitor sped up, and Amy's body. Her nickname in the neighborhood was "headlights", because she was really stacked, and they stuck straight out from her chest. I walked up her steps and knocked on her screen door."Oh my god! Is that you Jimmy?" She had her hand up covering her mouth. This was something Carolyn did a lot, because she had two buck teeth, and she was embarrassed by them. I had always thought that they were very cute. She and I had spent a good part of the summer of 1957 flirting innocently, right there on her. He studied each one then decided to go with a long, leather paddle which he attached to the machine’s arm.Meanwhile, my legs were starting to ache a little.I kept watching Steve and Isla’s butt as he made a final adjustment then switched the machine on. The arm slowly moved back then, like a huge spring being compressed, then the arm sprang forwards, the paddle hit Isla’s butt and she screamed. Needless to say that the loud scream attracted the attention of the people passing by who had not. .. for what my mother sold it for after Daddy died ... the first time. 39.6 acres of rocky swamp, swaybacked house and joke for a barn cost me seven thousand dollars after it was all done.But, my side of the family? The men have a heart defect that couldn't be fixed. Besides the farm, Grandpa was the best barn builder in the state. He built six or seven hip roofed barns a year ... most of them in Clinton County.Daddy went to college and Law school on the proceeds of Gramp's barn building. For.