It didn't end suddenly, but gradually we seemed to regain our self control, God I wanted her so much, she had become more than my mother, much, much m...re, she'd become a beautiful, desirable woman who'd frightened us both with the sheer depth of the emotions she'd hidden for four years!We touched lips again and looked at each other,"Wow" I said softly and she laid her head against my chest."That shouldn't have happened Tommy" she said quietly, "I'm sorry" Sorry for what mum?" I stroked her back. Audrey stayed cooped up in her condo for three days after her gallery showing. She didn’t watch TV or read the paper. All she could do was cry. Each day Brady would knock on her door and the go away, leaving flowers and a card. She read each one, and then tore them up and tossed them and the flowers in the trash can. Her phone rang almost every hour and when she saw it was Brady she would walk away leaving it unanswered. On the fourth day, she saw a call come in from one of her girlfriends and. A sumptuous wardrobe and free dining and dancing on a regular basis. See?" she said, lifting the breast with the gold ring. "Free piercing, real gold – and a free tattoo." Turning, she showed it. "Could be worse for a forty-something mom, couldn't it? They even pay for the baby sitter." You have a child? Are you married?" Two; and divorced from a bastard who ran off and can't be found for child support, let alone alimony. I am a single mom and an only child. My mother only has her small widow's. We could sink a series of pilings into the mud on either side of the wreck, then use them as mounting points for pulleys for cables going under the ship. If we could lift it at all, we could start taking it apart to reduce the weight. Mast, rigging, equipment, hatches, cargo, anything we could reach.If we could get the hull to the surface, we could put temporary patches over the ruptures and start pumping the water out. The more water we got out, the lighter the hull would become, and.