I guess..." I was stumbling into the reality that Cecil had just unveiled."I didn't mean nothin'. Sometimes I have to..." Uh........... okay."Now ther... was a quiet in the room of a completely different dimension. Five minutes of silence. Dead air, as my mom described it when her voice deserted her at the mike.Five full minutes.Finally:"It's okay, Sylvia, men get boners..." I know." Does your boyfriend get them?" Cecil, I don't have a boyfriend..." But, you know boys get them?" "Cecil, I'm. ’ ‘It’s Jimmy,’ I smiled. ‘I hope you don’t think I’m gross.’ ‘Nope, you’re good,’ Kellie laughed. ‘You’re too old to be a boy.’ The mom smiled at me. ‘Thanks, Jimmy. Most clerks ignore her and talk only to me.’ I chuckled. ‘The shoes are for her, so she’s the one that has to like them. She’s a good kid.’ The mom’s expression turned wistful. ‘I just wish she had a dad in her life.’ ‘Why doesn’t she?’ I asked. ‘You’re pretty, a good parent, and a nice person. Why would anyone leave you?’ The mom. I told her she should listen in when her daughter was on the phone if she wanted to know anything. She was mad at me when she hung up.I also got a call from our minister. I'm afraid I wasn't very cordial when I answered. He wanted to stop by on Tuesday to visit Wes. I told him I would give Mom the message but I wouldn't promise anything for her. He seemed disturbed that Mom might have something more important to do than wait around for him.By the time Mom came down at 5:30, the calls had. I went right to the text messages. There was a Bobby on the list. I clicked the link. There was a text message from somebody named Bobby."Hey Baby Girl...What's Up...."Than her reply. "At the Club...Waiting..."That's all there was! Shit!.....Fuck!.....What the hell was going on? I didn't know what to do. I was stunned....Numb to say the least. Whatever was going on I'm certain that fucking Tracy has something to do with it and I was going to find out.I turned out the bathroom light and made my.