Of course, the people who were locals and knew someone already working on the job filled most of the jobs. A little after sundown he slowly drifted ou... of town, defeated. He stopped only by someone's garden long enough to steal a few beets and carrots and dig some potatoes out of the soft earth with his bare hands.He was filled with anger and disgust for the straits he found himself in. How he had sunk so low as to steal food from poor people? Yet he knew he would steal and do even worse things. My brain starting picturing what would happen to our family now that Dad couldn’t cope with being touched any more. It was terrifying. I couldn’t face it. Even thinking about it filled me with pain.I staggered away from the wall and stumbled down the hallway towards my room.Unable to endure the pain, Broken Bec crumbled and fled. That left the very center of my being exposed. I don’t know what I expected to find there – maybe the vacuum of space, maybe a screaming infant. I don’t know.There, in. But nothing back at his home...he was sure of that. That wascrazy! But how could he turn this guy away discretely? Worse still,being a guy himself, he felt a little bad for the person making all thiseffort...knowing how it would feel to ultimately get rejected. So, hesucked it up, and did his best at small talk.They spoke about school programs...and when that subject dried out...thebest places to eat at the school. Danny told the guy, who's name wasChris, that he was an incoming freshman. . He figured he would tell Linda about it later.The charity event at the country club was pretty boring, as expected.Linda didn't bother complaining because she knew it was a good cause,and also good for Mark's career. Linda and Mark browsed the items inthe silent auction, but Linda didn't bother saying she wanted to bidanything because she knew how Mark would react. Mark looked for the NYYankees tickets he always bid on, but was caught off guard whensomething else caught his eye, a Prada.