Don’t know if I can paint like that anymore. It’s like ... maybe I lost something.”“Hey, I get it,” she said. She sat on the edge of my bed ...nd looked at me. I noticed she’d pushed the door closed. In my current condition, closing the door was as good as locking me in. I quelled my panic and felt for my bell strapped around my chest in reach of my fingers. “You reached an abyss. The art was getting you there and then you tumbled in. You’d be surprised how well I understand. When I found out I. They were makin' and sellin' new cars again. Gas was plentiful and cheap. Best of all, we found a feller sellin' old Army vehicles. We got ourselves a four-ton wrecker dirt cheap. Now we could handle them big new highway trucks that was showin' up. We always had a spare battery, a couple of jerry cans of gas, and a heavy duty winch on the front to look after most emergencies.My love life weren't nothin' to talk about, though. Busted Branch was a small town, and the pickin's were mighty slim. I. " I really don't have the money."He grabbed mom's arm and gently stood her up.My mom was wearing a red business like suit and pants."Please don't hurt me."He gently turned her around looking at the shape of her butt."Not bad ho! Lil wide in da hips, but we like it, don't we?" Yeah man," said the other black man.He squeezed her butt making her jump."Please don't." Look here'n ho, you want to git busted up?" Um no." mom said nervously."Well we gon do wut we want, den you'll be okay, you got me. You'll love Juanita with her dark good looks and full chest, and of course there is Sue. When she comes out, stay seated. Even her old man Steve, here, springs a boner when she walks out."Ruth dryly said, "The only stud here that won't be sticking out today is the one I had to suck a load out of, and then get another planted before we came over this morning."I must have been turning red as Glenda said to Ruth, "You are so uncouth. This is a new person in our group. Don't you think you could be.