’ ‘That’s really nice of you, to take the time.’ Ryan hugged him. ‘It’s not much but it’s all I can do for now. Maybe I can even get him...to come out here for a visit during the summer.’ ‘What do you do during the off-season?’ Ryan asked. ‘With my family, there never seemed to be an off-season.’ ‘Usually I go back to Michigan, see family, keep up with training and all. I thought this year I’d spend more time in Virginia. With you.’ He wondered what she’d think of that. ‘Really?’ Ryan looked. Dwayne had an idea that none of us had thought of. Sheila said. Sometimes someone outside the loop has fresh eyes and a fresh question. What was the question? I asked, still lying across Ginnys lap. A simple question, answered Ginny, actually two of them. The first was, Is there any way we can keep the wall from forming? And the second question, continued Sheila, was Do we have to wait until it is fully-formed before we knock it down? I looked up at Ginny, You wanted to see if you could make me. She leaned toward the screen."Mom went shopping for it with me! She helped me pick it out! Can you believe that?" They let a seventeen year old girl into one of those places?" I said, pretending to be astonished."Mom actually bought it," she said, still close to the screen.She glanced toward the living room again."I love it," she said."Oh really?"She grinned."I can't wait to use it."She looked toward the living room again and leaned toward the screen to whisper."We named it Bob."Long range. ’… and she would be gone until Friday.“Hi darling, oh we had a brilliant day, thank you for asking. Sis had invited the local councillors and dignitaries to the opening of her new flower shop and we actually started the day with bucks fizz,” she chuckled.“Oh, how decadent,” I chuckled back.Fucking decadent, a glass of weak champagne diluted with fizzy juice ... fuck me. I had crucified someone this weekend and hammered nails through their flesh ... that’s fucking decadent!Fuck!It was a real.