"Oh, Fred," she said in an unsteady voice. "I'm just so confused. Eric adores his father. And it just crushed him when Pete disappeared. He's at the a...e where a boy needs his father. You know that. You and John are so close. It just kills me to watch how wonderful you are with John when my own boy has no male authority figure in his life anymore."She tried to stem the flood of tears streaming down her cheeks, but her throat felt constricted and she soon gave up. Fred put his arm around her. Before him stood the new mailman and he looked at him, puzzled: “Xcuse me sir, but i got a postcard for someone called ‘Mister Sexy’, addressed Wild Drive 69. Is that by any chance for you?”R tur scratched the back of his head: “Mister Sexy you say? Hmmm… And who the card is from you said?” The mailman looked at the card and saw a name scribbled below: “Rhudi? That sounds any familiar?” R Tur laughed. “Rhudi Rataxes from Rhino Island! Scuford’s old boyfriend! Yep, you got the right door, buddy.. Meandering, really.She walked about 30 yards, stopped, looked up and down the street. She causally lit a cigarette, and then meandered back again, and stopped just where the railway lines crossed the main road. In the shadows, under the bridge, she ducked her head to look into a passing car and nodded. The car slowed, swung around and drove back. And then he turned again, drove past her a second time, and she nodded again. She strolled deeper into the shade under the bridge, and watched the car. .. we were still..."The judge sighed, "Yes, I know Mr. Baxter. Now I'm interested in the mitigating circumstances. What are they?"Rick stepped forward, "Well for one, the store owner doesn't press charges."The prosecutor piped, "But your client was caught in the act by the police." I know that, but it wouldn't have happened if the Wave didn't happen to pass by at that moment. It caused her to fall and break her leg. In fact we could sue the store owner for hazardous circumstances. But we won't..