They all came in the room, with my 2nd cousin Shirley asking me, “What are you doing, Priest?”Was she flirting?“I’m reading the dictionary, Cu...z,” I said.“Why would anybody read the dictionary?” she asked leaning behind me rather closely.“Well, when I’m all done, I never need to read another book, I’ll know all the words, won’t I, Elizabeth?”“You are such a geek, sometimes,” she said.Mom took that moment to walk in saying, “Did you tell your sister the big news, Priest?”“No, not yet. She’s. ” She left the living room, came back shortly and, handed me a book. To my surprise is was Caligula. “I don't know how close the movie is to the book, but I think you will find it interesting.”Lorna reached over and grabbed the book from my hand. When she glanced at the title she exclaimed, “Mother!”In a calm voice your mother said. “God Lorna you can be such a, prude. It's the seventies in case you didn't know. You know, make love not war. This is one of the books your father had,. I'm glad you're OK. Sleep it off and get your things done. Then please come back to me. I'll wait for you to call me when you're ready." Thanks, Sharon. I'll call you in a couple of days." Bye, sweetheart."I had a couple more drinks, then went into the bedroom, wrapped myself in Jazz's bathrobe and lay down on the bed. The next thing I knew it was daylight. I looked at the clock to see it was 11 AM, still plenty of time to get done what I needed to.As I went to get in my car all of a sudden I. You’ll neverguess what happened! The plane I was supposed to catch?Coming in from wherever, some guy decides he wants to gosomewhere else, so he hijacks the plane. They get halfway towherever else, one of the flight attendants conks the guy overthe head. Everything’s okay, so they turn around and come backhere. I guess the pilot’s a little rattled though. Eager to get outof the air. A little too eager. Doesn’t wait for the runway toland, instead puts the plane.