In fact, he had a toned stomach that most men his age would envy and a well-muscled chest thanks to his, usually, healthy diet and regular exercise. S...e stopped herself as she began imagining him without the t-shirt and put the bacon and eggs on his plate."Here, and don't rush eating or else you'll be ill," she ordered."Yes, ma'am," mumbled her Uncle, his mouth already full of bacon.Poppy smiled and served herself. They both sat in silence which was only broken by the sound of chewing and her. I had a great job, a great house, and a new car. Most people would say, 'What does he have to be broken about?'I couldn't feel anything, not for my wife of twenty-five years, not for my grown daughter, and not for my granddaughter. Feeling anything just manifested itself as physical pain, so my life was only numbness. I had been like this for the past fifteen years. I did my job well, took care of my family, but felt no love or no passion for life. I would often daydream of ways to kill. Now were is thatsoap we bought. No more licks for you baby. Open up NOW. The soap stays inuntil we get home!I want you to sit and watch TV while I make dinner. First I'm going to putyour baby mittens back on you so you can't be changing the channel. Nowhere's a nice bottle of special baby formula. Don't make that face. Justdrink it like a good girl and watch your cartoons. No you don't get towatch sports, they aren't for baby girls. I will call you when dinner isready.Crawl on in to the dining. How could she recover and be so positive after what she had possibly been through at the foster home? Then trek a thousand miles as a runaway - let alone live in a junk car in the woods all winter - only spoke of the power of determination to survive and youth.Joni and Paula had been in the area since midsummer and watching over Alica and Amanda since November. I wondered if there was a word of mouth network of some kind for runaways in the area.I don’t know who Jenny called the day after I.