Oh, my, what a world, she thought.There are some things that become obvious to a mother as she brings up her child and one of the main things is that ...he cannot guard and protect that child every second of their life. She knew that her daughter and the boy next-door were home alone nearly three hours each weekday and that meant that sex would happen whether she forbade it or not. And it had already started."I need to talk with Greg's mom, Olivia. She needs to know what's going on," Vicky told. With an occasional glance at the ever-thickening clouds, he almost frantically loaded the nuts into the rolling case. There were small sticks, leaves and gravel mixed in as he scooped the nuts up with his hands, but he would sort all that out at the cave. For now, he wanted every nut he could get.An hour later, Morales dried the wolves as best he could before taking his boots off to sit with his feet near the fire. Fuck, he told himself, that was stupid, and we still have to make at least. After all, MaryAnn reasoned as she wound the straps over the Cindy's head, she didn't want to choke the woman.She scampered down the metal stairway and approached the parked taxi. The dark skinned man behind the wheel was turned sideways, his back against the door. His eyes were closed and a blissful smile was on his face. MaryAnn knew why. The hint of brown hair she could glimpse through the window gave it all away.She wrenched open the passenger's side door and stared. She rolled her eyes and. " Yon sun is like ivverr' itherr body in th'univerrse, i' has mass an' mass has grravi'y. Bu' a starr has mair mass, an' mair grravi'y, than almos' anything else. If we gae away frrom i' th'grravi'y pulls agin us, hol's us back, slows us doon. On th' pas' trrips i' didna ma'err, ye had plen'y o' time. Noo we mus' ge' t'worrm speed as fas' as we may orr we'll be frried by th' nova, ye see, so 'tis imporr'an' to use th'grravi'y t' help us, no' hinder us."That silenced them all momentarily. Then.