.Lisa came home with another A+ on her paper. Marge hugged her and gave her attention, then Lisa went back to her toom to do her homework. *Perfect* B...rt thought as he walked into his sisters room."Umm... Lisa, I have to ask you something." Bart said coyishly"What, do you have a girrrrl friend?" Lisa teased"No, no, it's something much more different than that." Bart said as he told Lisa the entire story. Lisa listened to it and took out a coupleof of her anatomy and biology books."Well,. So she assured me that I would recover quickly to choose another, but the opposite is true.” Her voice broke and Tobias gave her an encouraging squeeze.She took a sobbing breath and carried on with her sad tale. “I simply could not believe it was over, that all our wishes and dreams had come to nothing. We felt married already, properly,” she said glancing up at Tobias with a slight blush, “and when I first heard the news, I had hopes there might be a child on the way. When it was clear I was. I poured three Scotches and passed one to Beverly and one to Baltimore. Beverly began, ‘So tell me Baltimore, you was the shoeshine boy at the hotel? ‘ ‘Yes Ma’am I was just a little boy then,’ the old man replied. ‘Go on Baltimore. Tell us all about it because Nick and I are very interested to know what it was like back then,’ Beverly encouraged the old man. I sat back in my chair, and I began to listen. Baltimore began to talk,’Ummm well, I was just a little boy. I never knew my papa, and. The day had started in such a way that things could only get worse. Such the optimist in me, but it set the stage. After we finally abandoned my bed, he left without so much as a smile. He rose, scooted to the edge, grabbed the panties he was wearing the night before and left. I couldnt help but watch his muscles flex as he walked out of my room. By the time I had showered and dressed he was gone. It wasnt unusual for him to leave like that, in fact it was normal. His habit: A basketball game.