”“We don’t usually give out that information. Sorry.”“Can you make an exception, please? The kids are only ten and really concerned. They kn...w their mother has some broken bones and she was in surgery this afternoon. No one will tell them of her condition.”“Well let me check. Stay on the line.”It was ten minutes later when the person said, “Miss, Miss Adell came through surgery very well. She has a cast on her broken leg and is resting comfortably. You can’t visit tonight, but you may come in. He watched her walk away, back to the treeline. He was distracted. That butt, he thought. Goddam. That butt.He felt sure that nothing really big and bad could be going on in town. Could it? Sure, there were people around town, lots of people. But the dogs had been here before and not acted that way. What the hell, he thought.He ducked into Peck’s store, leaving Dylan in the doorway to keep watch. Nothing. Nothing, and nobody. He went all the way in the back to where Peck and his family lived,. "Folks, this is Dana. Dana, this is Dan Granger and his wife Nikki."Dan extended a hand to shake. We sat. She looked right at me. "Ed says you're married and you've got a master's in engineering? You gotta tell me about this!" It all started with a hurricane..."Dan KNOWS the story. It's OUR story, after all. Ed listened with some level of amusement and a LOT of interest, and Dana hung on every word."So the school gave you these tests, right?" She turned to Ed. "Gramma's having me tested next. “Yes,” he agreed, “What of it?”“Gee I ain’t seen one that small in years!” Mitzy declared, “Dad said you was hung!”“It is twenty centimetres, eight American inches, what do you expect?” Boris demanded.“Gee, twelve usually, some of those big buck negros is fourteen,” Mitzy explained, “But they got surgical implants and they got a hard on all the time and can’t piss except up in the air.”“For heavens sake!” Boris exclaimed as his own erection started to falter, “Just lie back and think of dollar.