Now that I had a safe path cleared, I rushed back to the brick wall and began to brush away all traces of my crawling passage. With the snow still lig...tly falling, my cleanup efforts looked quite good to me. Soon I felt fairly safe and secure from deliberate discovery hiding in the woods.The second trick a good recon scout needs to do if hiding in a woody area on long term surveillance is to build a little spider hole that you can spy safely from and cover up securely under if trouble comes a. Her specialty was azaleas but she was an ace when it came to dogwoods and roses and day lilies and all the rest of that stuff. We humans believe that if it’s worth doing it’s worth overdoing, and so it was with Marion’s garden. It started small, then became an acre, finally an acre and a half of greenery. Of course she rarely lifted a bony finger or got dirt under her manicured nails. The landscape company did all the work. We have a big bay window that overlooks Marion’s garden. One April. We listened to music and talked about a party coming up at one of the Sororities. We had enough fun talking, that the trip went faster than expected. On the way, I text mom and asked if Carrie’s parents were there, because Carrie had tried to reach them. Mother confirmed they were, and said she would make sure they spoke sometime today.As we pulled into town I was already getting excited. I hadn’t been home since Thanksgiving and really homesick. We pulled up to Bridget’s house to drop her off.. They would probably be good for each other. They sure seemed to hit it off at lunch. She was probably pressing her tits up against his arm by now.I'd have to find some other solution for the Mary problem. No rush. She might have been pissed off if she thought I was trying to pawn her off on somebody today, anyway.Mom was lying on the couch when I got home. She opened one eye when I came though the door, then sat up."Hi, Jackie. How was your day?" Good. And bad. Mary was still pissed off at me.