Grandfather asked, "Should I go to Thornton's graduation?" I don't think so. Eunice is having a cookout/party at their house after the hooding ceremon.... I'm going by. We're coming up the next day." Will the girl from Alabama be around this summer?" Karen?" I thought a couple seconds and then said, "She's probably going home to be in the Miss Alabama contest. I should call and find out. She may need a way home."When we got back to the bayhouse, I tried to call Karen. When I found that she didn't. " She called her date and arranged to play that weekend. The date went great, she experienced her first night away, sleeping in another man’s bed for the first time, but it was not to be the last. The feeling of a strange, but welcome body next to hers was very arousing to her. When they awoke the next morning, she was told to lie on her back, which she did. Karl then kneeled between her legs and lifted them onto his shoulders. She knew what was to come next, and she could hardly hold her. He asked, “So is the smaller kid hurt?”There was a moment of silence as Mr. Haroldson considered the question. Finally, he answered, “No.”Jerry replied, “It doesn’t sound to me like my son hit him.”“That’s what he says, but why would a smaller kid pick a fight with him?” The principal sounded like a prosecuting attorney who had just delivered last piece of evidence that would convict a felon.“I don’t think my son was fighting. If that other kid is still standing, it doesn’t sound to me like my. We both decided to save our money for the rest of the trip.Jeremy went to his locker first. The art work was mostly nice prints but prints none the less. There were a couple of civil war prints made from the original negatives according to the printing on the mats. I thought there might be some value there. There were a couple of oil type paintings. They were signed, by no one either of was knew or could find online."You know I think these were in a restaurant," I said. "Maybe a country club.