I think I might be able to do that with you.“That is, if I haven’t run you out of my life. I’m sorry for how I’ve been but it is a part of me,...dirty as it was.” She had been holding my hand tightly. She released my hand suddenly.“Now, if you want to leave and never see me again, I will understand. I’m not proud of who and what I’ve been. If you do leave, I will leave you alone and find another church. I have learned to be a different person and I like the new me. Even if you leave, that legacy. The door opens and not a sound. I hurry inside to find a place to hide.I run upstairs and quickly find 3 bedrooms. There is one that appears to be a guest room. I look in the closet and it seems like the place to hide. I go back downstairs to check the fridge to see if she has bottles for the baby. I still don’t know if she’s breastfeeding. There are 4 bottles. I hear her coming so I grab 1 and run to my hiding spot.I listen as she comes inside and I hear the garage door close. I take the. ”“It seems your daughter has talked to you about things we have not yet discussed. Are you sure this is a good idea? I have no intent to keep Cynthia, and my Grandfather will arrange his own choice soon enough. Also, you must know that Pammie is too young for me.”“I understand there are others in the house, people who understand traditions. The girls would both benefit from living with those traditions. Of course, the inconvenience of getting them to school...”“I can deal. I feel a little like. But it has been incredible to see. He was such a hermit." I can't imagine that," Jessica confided. "He is so self-assured."Dana laughed with an infectious chuckle."Self -assured he was not! But if you needed anything he was there for you. He is a good friend to Ray and Jim. The three of them are very tight. Maybe it was the way they grew up." Grew up?" Jessica flashed a puzzled look."They were all poor kids in a poor neighborhood. Jim was in foster care. Ray's family life was pretty.