I didn’t want to like this. But I smiled and looked at my mother and just said, ‘Mom, if it make you happy, I’m behind it one hundred percent.�...� My mother relaxed about twelve notches and squeezed my hand. And that’s how Stan came into our lives. # Five days later I was ready to move in with Abby. Or Kimmy and Todd, or hell, even Beth and Kurt. A box next to the dumpster I’d been dumped into in ninth grade was looking pretty tempting. Stan was around all the time. He and my mother weren’t. ."bring my blouse and bras with you" I nervously went to the back door and knocked on it, her clothes rolled up under my arm...She tersely said..." Oh do come in" I opened the door and almost tiptoed in feeling quite ashamed of myself...There she stood with her back to me in a teal long satin gown... In an almost demanding tone she told me to sit down, I did as I was told and placed her satin blouse and satin bras on the table. she turned around and faced me, " why were doing that with my. I ended up hanging with the k**s playing in the woods and going fishing. I knew most of them. Well I was with the group at the Thomas cabin. They were gathering up stuff to go into the woods. We all left leaving Mrs. Thomas to get ready for whatever she had going on. I had left my cell phone in the cabin and told the group to go on and I would catch up later. I went into the cabin and found my phone. When I turned to leave there stood Mrs. Thomas buck naked. She did not even try to cover. Flee convinced me that lying in the grass was okay. I wasn't able to contradict him. I just looked up into the dark sky and was happy we finished.Coach Fredrick was in charge of the next event, tug-of-war."I know you're all tired. It's time to separate the men from the boys. I'm sure you have all tested yourselves playing tug-of-war. This time there is a reward at the end. The winning team gets to pick their receivers first for the session ending seven-on-seven tournament."Now we were talking..