If she was feeling okay today there’d be no problems, but if she was still sick then he needed to see about getting her some help. Once on the stree... his first thought was to head over to her corner, the place he first gave her the flowers. Marianne wasn’t there and the two street people who had taken over the spot said they hadn’t seen her. Albert then headed around to see if she might have gone to buy some food or medicine, wandering through the nearby food and drug stores, but there was no. “But find me here, he will. I have nowhere else to go, thanks to you. I gave up so much for your ass, now it’s time to repay my sacrifice. I am going to stay and meet the man. I will even accept your gracious dinner invitation. Maybe you’ll let me live here for a while. But first, I need to get some real action. It’s been a while, as you can probably guess.”Mom shook her head. “Please, Curtis. Please go. I promise I will do whatever you want, just don’t… don’t fuck me now.”He turned her around. "Shit," he said while rolling his eyes and tossing his and my on-board bags to the ground behind him.Everything just suddenly blurred a moment, then I found myself planting my feet to hold myself up while Joey's hand released the grip he had on my shirt just below the collar. It took me a moment to realize I was inside the airplane, and then I dazedly followed Joey down the aisle as they sealed the door behind us.I was staring over at the door as they finished when Joey said something I didn't. He held up his arm and outstretched thumb whenever a car approached.After the third unsuccessful attempt, he heard the roar of a diesel engine as an eighteen wheeler came around the bend. He thrust his thumb into the air. The truck roared on past, then let out a sudden hiss of air brakes, and the beast shuddered to a stop some hundred feet up the road.Mike started jogging towards it the moment it slowed, not believing his luck, which increased twofold as he climbed the stepping board and hauled.