Army Ranger, was trying to calm him. ‘Slow down, slow down,’ he counseled, ‘You’re just going to get pulled over, and that’ll just set us b...ck.’ ‘Young man,’ Jack piped in from the backseat, ‘We are in dire circumstances. There is no risk of our being pulled over. Leave the local constabulary to me.’ Peter did not understand, but decided not to question how their passenger would prevent the smokies from stopping them. Karick put his foot down, and the car rocketed farther ahead. Patrice and. I knew what that one meant and had to smile as I thought of the good times I had when I would take my little brother down to the barn when we were kids.Two and a half hours later, I finished reading four stories and proudly gave them all a negative vote. My god, how could they think that that was literature? I pushed my house dress and apron down. I stood up and pulled up my panties. I needed to wash my hands.I went to the sink and washed my hands. I took a paper towel, folded it up and stuck. Then she closed her eyes, never to open them again.I continued to keep her drip going, giving her the pain injections every two hours, day and night, until the morning of her last breath. For a couple of hours her breathing was eratic, shallow sometimes, other times deep. There was a final exhalation, then she was still.It was my wife's wish that she be cremated. She didn't want any formal funeral or service, just that her closest family and friends get together and remember her and have a few. As lather spread across the surface to accumulate in pyramids of suds he reached forward to clutch the pink soap in his slender hands. It was hard to his touch. Hard and slippery, and when he stroked it against his chest he noticed how puffy and pouty his nipples were. Men were likely to fight to kiss them when they put on a show like that. Dipping into the water he rubbed his flat tummy and the small gold ring that adorned his bellybutton and allowed his thoughts to drift. Like a lucky few who.