’ Then she retreated to one of her proven methods of dealing with things in those days: she cried. Wayne was really uncomfortable now, he just stood...there not knowing what to do. Sue straightened herself out soon enough, after her cry. ‘I need to apologize again, Wayne, I have no excuse at all, it’s just the way I am these days, since Johnnie’s dad left.’ ‘I understand, Mrs. L,’ Wayne said with compassion, ‘But look, I’ll be straight with you, I got a call from Johnnie and he wants me to do. "We wanted you to come down earlier, but..." I'm sorry that I had a final yesterday," Matt snapped back. "Next time I'll just ask the professor to let me take it earlier so my passing courses won't interfere with your social planning. Your plans, which you made AFTER I gave you my final exam schedule!" "Don't touch that, you'll burn yourself," she said, clearly speaking to someone in the house with her. Probably one of Matt's cousins; his sisters and brother were both way too old to need that. Tell him, briefly what's going on, and to meet us with some of his men at the entrance gate to the Lodge. I'll have Nell go ahead and unlock the gate, and we'll be ready for them by the time they get there." He paused, seeing that Mark was on the verge of tears. "Try to keep a cool head, Mark... with any luck, we'll have them out of that mad-house in no time."Colby went back into the bar, and brought another drink over to the table where Nell was still waiting, nervously sucking on the ice at. “I miss seeing you guys,” she declared as we stood awkwardly chatting on aisle six. She picked out a cake mix and placed it into her basket.“You should drop by sometime,” Evelyn remarked. I told her that I didn’t know if my wife, Karen, would feel comfortable coming by since we didn’t really all know each other that well when we lived next door to each other.“That’s fine,” Evelyn replied, “You can come by yourself. I’ll make you a cake.”Her words fell on me like a ton of bricks. Her personal.