The next morning we got up, and after an early breakfast, we drove back over to the airport, returned the rental van, and loaded Songbird for the retu...n trip. And as you might imagine, we talked about Jerry all the way back to Auburn. After landing at the 3Sigma airfield, we went back to our houses, and Nikki met me over at Tina’s house.Terri was back over at the hangar, but Alan was home, and I said, “Guys, we need to talk about Terri a little.”Alan got a worried look on his face, and Nikki. “Ow!” She squealed, rubbing her rump and then parting her legs slightly and bending over to rub her shins. It was a provocative pose, directed at the most obvious of photographers, who lapped at the chance to capture the filthiest, sluttiest picture of the wanton floozy.“Can we finish this now? Or do you want to go up to Sparta Prague and do a streak, maybe? Or we could just oil you up and fling you into the dressing room to get fucked by eleven horny footballers!”“Good, you’re wound up!” She. Some time later, I don’t know how long, the phone rang. My wife stepped back and wiped her eyes, smiling bleakly at me.I cleared my throat and then picked up the receiver.“Hello.”“May I please speak to Paul Hughes?”“This is he.”“Mr. Hughes, my name is Nathan Wei. I’m an attorney, and the executor for the estate...”I listened to him with only half my attention. He offered me his deepest condolences on my, our, loss. It sounded strictly pro forma, but I appreciated it nonetheless. I smiled at my. "Actually she told me," I said. The most immediate response was from my mother."What? She told you, and you didn't tell me! That's it; you're going back to the orphanage tonight!"After that things went pretty well. My parents spent time circulating amongst the visitors and making sure that everyone understood how the estate was going to be handled. The grandmothers had been briefed in advance and agreed to meet with Mom at our house Sunday morning after church; she would take them over from.