I told her what Thomas said about her, she just smiled. Mother said there are two sides to every story, let me tell you my side, Thomas got just a...bit jealous last night, after the captain dropped his pants. When his pants went down out flopped one very large dark tube that hung down a good distance between his legs, I gasped at first and than looked at Thomas who was shocked, you could see that by the look on his face. My first thought was this thing could not be a real penis, it was. Love was quite definitely another. But she was in love. She even got to love Lucinda’s appalling taste in clothes. The very frumpishness and plainness of it was in itself a cause for celebration. She would look longingly at Lucinda, at her scrubbed face and tied-back hair, imagining the two of them on her mattress, while she confessed her love and divulged the truth of her diary-keeping. And then the two of them would entwine lengthwise on the bed, arms and legs interlocked, as she would. It was getting late and I was in my room when I heard the phone ring. A few minutes later Daddy came to the room and told me to sit down. “Chris “ he said “there’s some bad news. On the way home there was an accident. A drunk driver hit your mother’s car and she didn’t make it. I’m sorry.” After telling me this he left without saying another word. I was in a daze the rest of the day, although I know Daddy was on the phone some more that day. For dinner we had leftover pizza. During. Not sure how Ken can pull it off. If he does, and everything goes smooth, I can see Antonio having a trust relationship with us. That could be good for everyone."Jackie had left. Jeanie and her husband came over. My parents were on their way out the door. They would be leaving after breakfast the next day, so I'd see them in the morning. I think they just wanted a little 'alone' time. I knew the feeling, having casts put you in the spot light, with little to no privacy. Something I was very.