And three more sealed cards with theirfull monthly complement of twenty-eight pills. This was indeed herown mother lode.A mystery here. Maybe a fear...ul mystery? I didn't want to jump toconclusions. We dined, and Brenda chatted first about differentdoings among the hospital staff she worked with, then about my dayin drag. Only she didn't call it 'drag' but 'that attractiveoutfit,' as against 'your usual' (which resembled what she was atthat moment wearing, near-throwaway clothes, though I. "Come onsweetheart, you promised to make me dinner, remember?" I'd promised herno such thing, but I smiled at her nonetheless. "Sweetheart, I won'tquestion you about what happened. You can tell me about it if and whenyou're ready." I was beyond grateful for her words. "Thanks Mom," I said desolately. "I'm going to go back downstairs now. I have a few more loads of wash todo before dinner." I almost couldn't believe my ears. Mom hadn't done thewash since she'd assigned that task to me at the. Not to worry, but we should try and behave.Alfred had the great idea to flip us over to the Island and have a medium heavy bash with Jake. Jake was all for it and offered to take care of nourishment. To meet the old scoundrel face to face again was therapeutic in itself. We cavorted in the bay, Alfred caught some nice fish in the lake, we worked out in the gym, soaked in the pools and entertained Jake with our report on the state of Karla and Helmut.As Alfred had predicted, Jake was aghast at. ”“We did, and it was fun. We never had anything permanent. A year from now, you’ll be doing grad work in the best school you can get into.” Jerry had already given up on continuing at the U of C, but he’d apply here and let them reject him. “I’ll be teaching high-school history in bum fuck Iowa.”“We could go to the same place.” he suggested for the first time. Yeah! If she wanted to make that her first priority in deciding her whole future, and if she could get certificated in the state where.