I splurged and got a taxi ride home. Jane and the girls were all in her bed and I just slipped in on one side and hugged Maggie to me.Jane woke me the...next morning with a kiss. "How did it go Honey? I didn't even know you were home."On the bus I had debated how to answer this. To tell of the songs sale then this would put extra pressure on them to tell someone. "I made a simple device that will sense smoke in the air. If the governments will release a special chemical we can get it into. 'SHE started it. I don't say that to mitigate my actions (or lack of) it's just a statement of fact. She started to move against me, and her hands put pressure on my back, pulling me closer. She then started running her hands up and down my back, still moving against me, and my body started to react ? a fact she could not have been oblivious to. After what seemed an eternity but was no more than twenty or thirty seconds, I pulled back - not without difficulty - and hunted without success for. Jesse just laughed out loud. "That's my sister, point blank, as usual." Then he watched as the guy she was playing did something stupid.The guy she was playing stood about six feet even and had a huge beer belly. A person could tell he was a little drunk by the way he moved, but he wasn't trashed. Jesse watched his face as Stony sunk that eight-ball. It went from surprised, annoyed, to anger in a matter of seconds. Jesse also knew that the guy was going to do something stupid and stood up. I guess there was a part of me that felt Sam's feelings for Wes were puppy love or some competition with Les. This was a grown up woman who was in love with her man. Maybe even more so than Les.The old man smiled at Sam. "You're right. The Lord has been good to us. We've had a good life together. I just don't know what I'll do without her." That's between you and your Lord. I don't know if I'll be able to go on living if Wes dies. That's something I'll have to face if and when that time comes..