I lay her on the bed, took her shoes off, and covered her with a quilt. I pushed the hair out of her eyes and kissed her softly."Honey, you're exhaust...d. Lie down for a while. I'll help you—you're stuck with me, so we have to find a way to move on."I got a beer and went into my office. Sitting in my chair I thought over everything that she had said. It was pretty clear to me, at least in broad brush strokes, what we had to do. I knew I would have to be firm with Annie. She would push back but I. The risk is worth it.”Jada paused and thought silently to herself, “Assuming, of course, that the volunteers have no qualms about this.” She said out loud, “Tom and Charles, you two in particular will be risking your lives at the point position. Are you okay with this?”The two men looked at each other and grinned after a second of eye contact. Then Charles turned to Jada and said, “Very okay. Consider this one of the steps on our path to redemption.”Jada nodded and gave him and Tom a kind. That was such a nice feeling – wow! Time to herself. It was her week off from the kids – she enjoyed doing things with them too, but time alone was so special – almost sacred in a sense. She applied her makeup carefully, in case she decided to go out for the evening. Being a teacher, it seemed everywhere she went she was given a “hello.” It was hard to go out without looking her best. There was a knock at the door. Sighing and rolling her eyes, she went to answer. She had just told the. ”Constance looked up at him, apparently missing the mirth. “No ... I suppose you can’t.”Then she turned around to go talk to Bev. On the way she picked up Christopher, who was trying to get his mother to hold him, and pretended she was eating his neck.Paula French sat, all but invisible in the sea of other young people, dressed in caps and gowns just like her own. Her parents were over in section K of the auditorium, also invisible in the assembled throng. They were proud of her again. The.