" I walked out of the room angrily.Her dad ran after me. "Josh, what are you doing?" he asked. "Val needs you."He convinced me somehow to go back. The...good reverend waved at us as he drove off. "Did Reverend Flynn cheer you up, Honey," he asked Val."Nope," she said. "All he did was tell me that I'd have another chance in the future to be a mom." And don't forget that we don't have to get married, now," I said, sharply."That's true," said Val's Dad."That's bull," I spat. "What does one thing. There was a small Mom and Pop place just outside of Vicksburg were I had some gumbo and an order of crawdads. Both were great but the crawdads were a lot of work. It reminded me of eating shrimp when you had to peel the shell off. Messy and time consuming.The owners of the café were kind enough to let me set up in back for the night. The next morning, I respectfully ate breakfast at the same café before heading on my way. The breakfast was good, but then again, it was hard to mess up bacon and. "Jackie!" my mother cautioned. "Just look at you even in your tight panties." "I'm sorry Mom. I can't help it." "Well, if that's how you're going to react, maybe we better get you something to calm you down, the BOTH of you. I'll go see about that next week. I swear, I can't take you two ANYWHERE" she kidded with a big grin. "Oh, cut that OUT Mom," I retorted. "We'll be OK as soon as we get used to feeling like this about pretty things."We had a real fashion show when we got home and Mom. ? She gave me a small bottle ofpills with a long Latin name and told me to take one just before bedtime.That night I went home, popped the pill and had the most amazing night'ssleep ever.? I woke refreshed, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.? I felt likeI could conquer the world.? Boy, what a good night's sleep could do foryou, I thought.? The work day flew by.? I found myself looking forward tobedtime instead of dreading it.? I popped my pill, and off I went.? Iwoke up Friday morning, again fresh.