And cook? Forget it. All he can do is set off the smoke alarms."I had to save a bit of my pride, "Well, I do appreciate your cooking at least." Yes, y...u do. But you may starve when I start traveling." I suppose I could always come over and cook and do the laundry and stuff while you're setting new sales records. What are sisters for? It's not like I'm tied down after my bastard husband left me." Well, you'd save Charlie's life. But, maybe he'll rather have his Alpo." Oh, come on, Alpo? Your. She’d been hinting all week about how much fun we were going to have. While I waited in line for pop-corn, she excused herself to the ladies room. We found seats in the very back of the darkened theater. I put my arm around her, resting my hand on her shoulder. Smiling at me she said, “Did I show you my new purse?” Even in the dark, I could tell it wasn’t new, but out of politeness I replied. “That’s very nice!” “Here. Let me show you what’s inside it!” She opened it up to reveal her bra and. " Oh ... okay then, if you're sure." I expected she would be fine, knowing how confident and strong she was. I just wanted her to convince me."I've invited your mother to join us up there too," she said casually."You have? You didn't mention that." I just did. She volunteered to look after the baby to give me a break now and then and she also volunteered to be a deck hand once she got to know her way around the boat." She did?" That was a surprise. "I don't know about that ... the deckhand. The next day was almost as bad, but for a different reason. Now the hours crept by even more slowly. He felt the hour when he could run to the beach would never arrive. When it finally did he hurried into and through the house. As he reached the front door he remembered his mom had gone to the market that morning.He rushed back to the kitchen and grabbed two apples and two bananas. He didn’t see a paper bag and so ran out of the house and toward the beach clutching them in his hands.When he.